Text 3330, 85 rader
Skriven 2007-01-03 07:01:00 av ROSS SAUER
Ärende: Torture
===============
And just who will be taken to task for these outrages?
Maybe a couple low-level people, at best, like it was at Abu Ghraib.

Meanwhile, the *SCUM* in the higher ranks will get off scot-free.
Again.

But to "fight terrorism," according to the Bush cronies, we have to 
become just like them, I guess... 

FBI: Workers saw prisoner abuse at Guantanamo

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI on Tuesday released documents showing at 
least 26 of the agency's employees witnessed aggressive mistreatment and 
harsh interrogation techniques of prisoners by other government agencies 
or outside contractors at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"On several occasions witnesses saw detainees in interrogation rooms 
chained hand and foot in fetal position to floor with no 
chair/food/water; most urinated or defecated on selves and were left 
there 18, 24 hours or more," according to one FBI account made public.

One FBI witness saw a detainee "shaking with cold," while another noted 
a detainee in a sweltering unventilated room was "almost unconscious on 
a floor with a pile of hair next to him (he had apparently been pulling 
it out through the night)."

Another witness saw a detainee "with a full beard whose head was wrapped 
in duct tape."

One FBI statement said that an interrogator squatted over the Quran and 
that a German shepherd dog was ordered to "growl, bark and show his 
teeth to the prisoner."

Another detainee was draped in an Israeli flag.

The FBI surveyed all 493 FBI personnel who had been assigned to the 
military prison facility in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks and determined no FBI agent or support personnel had 
participated in any of the controversial practices.

"This thorough internal assessment shows the FBI was not involved in 
these activities in any way," said chief FBI spokesman Richard Kolko.

The FBI Office of General Counsel in September 2004 ordered the "special 
inquiry" into any FBI participation or observations of a series of 
alleged incidents at the prison camp for suspected terrorists and al 
Qaeda sympathizers, but the results were not made public.

The FBI released the documents in response to a Freedom of Information 
request by the American Civil Liberties Union, but stressed that most of 
the findings had already been reported elsewhere.

"Note these documents have been vetted by both DoD [Department of 
Defense] and FBI, and that FBI believes this or substantially similar 
information has already been released in this litigation," the FBI said.

Results of the 26 "positive responses" and several more "not purely 
negative responses" reported by FBI personnel in the internal inquiry 
were made available Tuesday on the Web site at www.FBI.gov. (Read the 
report)

Other actions FBI personnel reported either witnessing or being told 
about included:

Placing a detainee in a darkened cell with the intent of interrogating 
him for 24 hours straight; the witness reported being told that then-
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had approved this technique.

Keeping detainees awake for days on end with strobe lights and loud 
music.

Dressing as a priest and "baptizing" a detainee.

Subjecting a detainee to a lap dance by a topless female guard.

Interrupting detainees' attempts to pray by putting fluid on their faces 
and telling them it was menstrual blood.

Beating a detainee who said he had recently undergone abdominal surgery. 
 
© 2007 Cable News Network 

þ CMPQwk 1.42 16554 þ
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Doc's Place BBS Fido Since 1991 www.docsplace.tzo.com (1:123/140)