:BRIGHTSTUFF:..Personal & Political Musings & Rants by a Liberal Leftist Black & Asian Teacher

According to a recent article, The Talking Monkey POTUS claimed the right to waive torture laws that violate the Geneva Conventions.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040623/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_prisoner_abuse_2

Again, those of you who think this is all hunky dory and wonder why these people hate us need to really gnaw on this.

According to Associated Press White House correspondent Terence Hunt, the Defense Dept.'s chief lawyer, William J. Haynes II, "recommended that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld approve the use of 14 interrogation techniques on detainees at Guantanamo Bay, such as yelling at a prisoner during questioning and using "stress positions," like standing, for up to four hours. "

Among the forms of interrogation approved (in addition to grabbing and yelling) are:

_ Use of 20-hour interrogations.


_ Removal of all comfort items, including religious items.


_ Removal of clothing.


_ Using detainees' "individual phobias such as fear of dogs to induce stress."

And we wonder why they hate us?