White House defends human rights record

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http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/13313734.htm

White House defends human rights record
Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The White House said Friday that the United States is the world leader on human rights, despite outrage in Europe over reports of secret CIA prisons where terrorism detainees may have been mistreated.

The administration has refused to address the question of whether it operated secret sites that may be illegal under European law, citing the constraints of classified information. Secret prisons and many harsh methods of interrogation would be illegal on U.S. soil.

"The president had made it very clear that we do not torture, he would never condone torture or authorize the use of torture," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. "If someone doesn't abide by our laws, they're held accountable. That's the difference between us and others."

More than a half-dozen investigations are under way into whether European countries may have hosted secret U.S.-run prisons, and whether European airports and airspace were used for CIA flights in which prisoners were tortured or transported to countries where torture is practiced.

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[ClayZ]

1. And who is doing the dirty work....?

Lynndie England: Oxygen Deprived at Birth IQ 70

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/010572.html


Lynndie England: Oxygen Deprived at Birth
A military jury has begun hearing evidence in the sentencing phase of FPC Lynndie England's abuse trial. The prosecution called no witnesses. The defense case began with a doctor who testified England was cognitively impaired due to oxygen deprivation at birth. Her problems, which include speech impairment and reading disability, were diagnosed in kindergarten.

"I knew I was going to know Lynndie England for the rest of my life," West Virginia school psychologist Dr. Thomas Denne said.

How does that impact her moral judgment? The doctor said it made her less resistant to peer pressure. But does it excuse this behavior?

In one of the photos, England held a leash looped around the neck of a hooded, naked prisoner. Another showed her next to nude prisoners stacked in a pyramid, while a third depicted England pointing at a prisoner's genitals as a cigarette dangled from her lips.

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[spindrifter]

2. What pea-brain(no offense, vegetables),

made that statement?

[sabra]

3. Scotty

[Rex]

4. Keep lying you assholes! Make us stronger!

EVERYONE ON THE FUCKING PLANET knows America tortures supposed 'enemy combatants', Americans kidnapped and taken to other countries, anyone in Iraq at anytime for just about anything.

Keep it up! The more you lie about something that has BEEN PROVEN A FACT, the less seats will be filled with Repuke vermin come election time! Don't stop!