Military's Opposition to Interrogation tactics per Justice Dept

[melissinha]

Two days old, I must have missed it... i think it got buried on 7/27, but I think it should be more prominently discussed. Got this on Michael Moore's site... he has good stuff.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/28/politics/28abuse.html?


I remember a Republican Christian friend of mine had told me, pre-election, that he would not vote for Bush/Cheney if the Abu Ghraib scandal got back to any senior administration official.
Now it comes out that only did senior administration officials and Justice Department had crafted the list of techniques, they received warnings from knowledgable Military Lawyers regarding the list.

WASHINGTON, July 27 - Senior military lawyers lodged vigorous and detailed dissents in early 2003 as an administration legal task force concluded that President Bush had authority as commander in chief to order harsh interrogations of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, newly disclosed documents show.
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"These military lawyers were clearly disturbed by the proposed techniques that were deviations from past practices that were being advocated by the Justice Department," said Senator Graham, himself a former military lawyer.

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Senator Graham said, however, that Mr. Rumsfeld subsequently learned of the military lawyers' objections and that became a factor in his decision on April 16, 2003, to limit the permitted interrogation techniques.

LIMIT the permitted interrogation techniques???? Wonder what the first version looked like....