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2004-06-12 Iraq-Jordan

Rules for Prisoner Treatment Fluctuated During September to May

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-06-12 9:19:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the senior U.S. military officer in Iraq, borrowed heavily from a list of high-pressure interrogation tactics used at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay. ... The U.S. policy ... was approved in early September, shortly after an Army general sent from Washington completed his inspection of the Abu Ghraib jail .... Before last October, they could be imposed without first seeking the approval of anyone outside the prison. That gave officers at Abu Ghraib wide latitude in handling detainees.

It's too bad that the people at the WAPO can't write clearly.

Borrowed heavily? The way this is worded, it sounds like SANCHEZ (or someone) was tightening procedures by saying things that they could previously do at AG, WITHOUT permission, now REQUIRED permission. And as you read further down, it sounds like Sanchez only allowed the "long term isolation" between October and May and none of the other more severe measures that he heavily borrowed from Guantanamo.

But I really don't know, because the WAPO writer can't write worth a damn. Maybe I can't either, but then...I don't get PAID to be clear.

Posted by B 2004-06-12 1:07:23 PM|| 2004-06-12 1:07:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 These WaPo journalists make it up when they don't have anything else to stick on page one.

Posted by Capt America 2004-06-12 7:12:51 PM|| 2004-06-12 7:12:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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