Reply #18: Pentagon interrogation rules allow exceptions (no torture -except)

[papau]

So, All physical and mental torture is prohibited, the use of guard dogs - which were used at Abu Ghraib to intimidate prisoners - is banned during interrogations, interrogations will be conducted only by trained and certified interrogators, and all suspected abuses will be reported by medical personnel and others up the chain of command-Prison guards are also barred from participating in interrogations, any other U.S. government agencies or foreign government representatives who ask to interrogate prisoners held by the Defense Department must agree to abide by Pentagon policies before being granted access to them....... except if ..........

And we are told the directive leaves open the possibility that prisoners in DOD facilities, such as Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib, could at times be considered under the control of another agency — such as the Central Intelligence Agency — and therefore would not be subject to the directive's policies.

Lovely....... :-(





http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051109/ts_usatoday/pentagoninterrogationrulesallowexceptions;_ylt=AmcqqsP3j9GhncvLCi0XvSPaB2YD;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Pentagon interrogation rules allow exceptions

Wed Nov 9, 7:03 AM ET

A new Pentagon policy governing the interrogation of prisoners allows for exceptions if authorized in writing by top Defense Department officials.

The new directive, signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England last week, formalizes many rules created since U.S. troops' abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad was revealed in April 2004.

Elisa Massimino, Washington director for Human Rights First, a group that has lobbied for stricter limits on interrogations after Abu Ghraib, says the exceptions could lead to abuses: "This is what got us into problems in the first place."

Massimino described the exceptions as similar to one that Vice President Cheney has advocated for CIA personnel interrogating prisoners in the war on terrorism.<snip>