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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-25-06 01:42 PM
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Rummy Approved Torture Which Botched Prosecution Of 20th Hijacker
Admin may have botched prosecution of ‘20th hijacker.’

Over the objections of the Pentagon’s Criminal Investigation Task Force, Donald Rumsfeld approved abusive interrogations of alleged 9/11 accomplice Mohammed al-Qahtani. Now, military prosecutors have told the Tast Force “not to worry about making a criminal case against al-Qahtani…because what had been done to him would prevent him from ever being put on trial.”

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15361462/
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-25-06 01:43 PM
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1. But Donald Rumsfeld still enjoys running replays of the torture tapes
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-25-06 01:53 PM
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2. RUMSFELD SHOULD BE FIRED! (a long time ago)
They ultimately carried their battle up to the office of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, who approved the more aggressive techniques to be used on al-Qahtani and others.

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And they described their disappointment when military prosecutors told them not to worry about making a criminal case against al-Qahtani, the suspected "20th hijacker" of Sept. 11, because what had been done to him would prevent him from ever being put on trial.
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