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In response to news reports that the US Attorney General Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of CIA operatives torturing suspects, Congressman Trent Franks (R -AZ) today released a statement on the Obama Administration's reversal of his promise not to seek retribution against CIA officials.
"Instead of focusing his Administration's efforts on helping our intelligence community more effectively capture and interrogate terrorists, the President has decided to work actively against elements of the intelligence community, by leaving the prospect of a lawsuit hanging over their heads, as they attempt to satisfactorily perform a service for their country," said the veteran lawmaker..jpg)
While the people really fighting the war on terrorism never even mention the word "torture," the mainstream media are keeping it on the frontpages of newspapers, on the covers of newsmagazines and as lead stories on news broadcasts.
To be sure, no one is condoning the use of torture. The original interpretation of torture was extreme measures that could cause death or serious injury to a suspect. No reasonable person would condone such conduct. But now torture includes humiliating a suspect, loud noises such as blasting heavy metal music, sleep deprivation or having suspects stand in uncomfortable positions for long periods of time. The liberal reaction to the treatment of terrorists should be juxtaposed with US government treatment of American citizens during the administration of their hero, President Bill Clinton.
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While Attorney General Holder served in the Clinton Administration as Assistant Attorney General, there was a religious sect named the Branch Davidian whose leader was a charismatic, sociopath who conned his followers into believing he was a modern day Messiah. They created a compound in Waco, Texas where they became self-sufficient and desired only one thing from society: to be left alone. Of course, in order to protect themselves and their property they maintained an arsenal within their compound which greatly distressed the federal government including Attorney General Janet Reno.
In order to rationalize what was to come, there were phony allegations of child abuse and sexual assault leveled at the inhabitants of the Branch Davidian compound. The Reno Justice Department leaked phony stories about Branch Davidians buying semi-automatic firearms -- which is legal in Texas -- and turning them into fully automatic assault weapons.
At the same time that Reno and her cronies in the Justice Department were prohibiting federal law enforcement from taking action against suspected Islamic terrorists and their sympathizers, they were planning a quasi-military operation to disarm and arrest members of Branch Davidian.
The rest is common knowledge. The extreme measures used against American citizens (including sleep deprivation, blasting loud music and noise, etc.) went unchallenged by the news media of the day. When the compound was attacked using military tactics and excessive deadly force that resulted in the death dozens of men, women and children, and with the compound engulfed by flames, there was absolutely no condemnation of Bill Clinton or Janet Reno. Even some conservatives appeared to condone such horror being inflicted on their fellow citizens.
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Comments
First off, it is the "overseas contingency operation" and it is not torture, it is "friendly persuasion".
We can't use those bad nasty words any longer according to the Obama terrorists lovers.
Oh, and from now on we need to make sure the poor souls who are picked up on the battlefield are offered tea and it can't be too hot or that too will be considered torture.
I used to live in Washington Heights in the 70's and 80's, glad that I left in 1986. On torture, it needs to be done to preserve our freedom and I'm all for waterboarding Communists on the Hill that want to sell out the U.S.
But on a more serious note, I loved watching 24 last season because of the messages that supported torture as an effective means of obtaining info.
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