CBC: Torture watchlist 'wrongly' names Canadian allies: Bernier

[tuvor]

Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier has issued a statement in an effort to pacify allies angry over a training manual for Canadian diplomats that lists the U.S. and Israel as countries where prisoners risk torture and abuse.

Bernier said the manual "contains a list that wrongly includes some of our closest allies."

"I regret the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual used in the department's torture awareness training," he said in a statement released Saturday.

"The manual is neither a policy document nor a statement of policy," he said. "As such, it does not convey the government's views or positions."

Bernier said he has directed the manual to be reviewed and rewritten...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/01/19/torture-manual.html

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. "Maxime - I think the diplomats had it right the first time"

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ON THE INSIDE: Army military police escort a detainee to his cell in Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay in January 2002 shortly after the prison opened.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-scotus6dec06,1,5176572.story?coll=la-news-a_section


Notice the sharp gravel

Notice the bare feet of the prisoner

Notice the headgear on the prisoner - Earmuffs for sensory deprivation, and I expect also the goggles that deprive them of sight.

and an extra 7 military hanging around in case the prisoner overcomes his guards.

Makes one wonder what goes on when there are no cameras around . .

Or at least it SHOULD!!

[Bragi]

2. A classic political "gaffe"...

Remember that a "gaffe" in politics is when womeone inadvertently and unintentially says something that is actually true.

- B

[Bassic]

3. Fucking useless sack of skin.

I think the most useful thing he ever did was distribute some Jos-Louis to soldiers in Afghanistan.

[pbca]

4. At least "the Border" is still getting it right.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hype/~3/220739324/kudos-to-border-for-being-more.html">http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hype/~3/220739324/kudos-to-border-for-being-more.html