Dana Priest doesn't believe Red Cross will leak its torture report:

[originalpckelly]

"Denver, Colo.: If those individuals detained at the secret CIA prisons were tortured (by international standards), how long do you think it will be until the Red Cross report on their detainment is leaked?

It is my understanding that the ICRC will give their findings from the interviews they are now conducting with the prisoners to our government, and that officially their report will not be published. However, I am willing to bet that people who have devoted their lives to the ICRC will find it difficult to keep their findings secret (should they be gruesome in nature) and that someone is bound to leak their report.

Dana Priest: I wouldn't bet on that. The ICRC is very, very tight."

So if the administration is torturing we may never find out about it, and not because of them, but because of the freaking Red Cross (the people who are supposed to be against torture.)

[The Deacon]

1. Actually

The first time the ICRC visited Gitmo was also the first time EVER IN HISTORY that an ICRC report 'leaked.'
Interesting, no?

[originalpckelly]

3. Kind of what I was hinting at when I asked her the question.

Of course at one time no one thought the CIA would set up gulags, history shows us otherwise. If it is particularly bad, they may leak. On the hand it might jeopardize their access to the detainees which could be even worse.

[originalpckelly]

2. This sucks.

I mean, how the hell are we ever gonna find out if they never tell us?

[originalpckelly]

4. That whole being able to ask questions of the reporters is cool...

More papers should do that.

[originalpckelly]

5. Here is a link to the record of the chat:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/09/21/DI2006092101234.html