Guantanamo tactics acceptable, prosecutor says at Case

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Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Jesse Tinsley
Plain Dealer Reporter

Law student Saud Alassaf left a speech Tuesday by the U.S. government's lead prosecutor of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay assured that detainees are not tortured and that their religious practices are respected.

Alassaf, a first-year Case Western Reserve University law student from Saudi Arabia, was one of nearly 200 people who attended a speech by U.S. Air Force Col. Morris Davis, chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions.

Davis spoke at Case's School of Law.

During the speech, Davis said techniques used by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay are standard and acceptable, although some people may perceive them as torture...

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1. Unbelievable.

"During the speech, Davis said techniques used by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay are standard and acceptable, although some people may perceive them as torture... "

I guarantee you that the day one of our enemies takes our soldiers as prisoners and performs the same interrogating techniques on our boys, that it will be perceived in the "some people may perceive them as torture" category.