ACLU: email alleges bush authorized torture techniques

[teryang]

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041220-013312-4438r.htm

ACLU: President authorized interrogation

<Washington, DC, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- An FBI document suggests the president authorized inhumane interrogation methods against Iraqi detainees, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday.>

<A two-page FBI e-mail refers to "a presidential executive order," and contends President Bush directly authorized interrogation techniques that included sleep deprivation, stress positions, the use of military dogs and "sensory deprivation through the use of hoods, etc.," The ACLU said.>

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17216&c=206

<Newly Obtained FBI Records Call Defense Department’s Methods "Torture," Express Concerns Over "Cover-Up" That May Leave FBI "Holding the Bag" for Abuses >

NEW YORK -- A document released for the first time today by the American Civil Liberties Union suggests that President Bush issued an Executive Order authorizing the use of inhumane interrogation methods against detainees in Iraq. Also released by the ACLU today are a slew of other records including a December 2003 FBI e-mail that characterizes methods used by the Defense Department as "torture" and a June 2004 "Urgent Report" to the Director of the FBI that raises concerns that abuse of detainees is being covered up.

"These documents raise grave questions about where the blame for widespread detainee abuse ultimately rests," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. "Top government officials can no longer hide from public scrutiny by pointing the finger at a few low-ranking soldiers." <snip>

[opihimoimoi]

1. This FBI stuph has to be FAKE cause our Moral Prez would neva do anything

la dat. Bush is a smart man, beat up all his opponents in debates by playing dumb. He will beat the FBI too, trust me.