Beaver, whomever he is, is lying or an idiot

Graham: I understand from Schmitt-Furlow report that a dog was used in interrogation.

Don’t know what the Schmitt-Furlow report is, but Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures says this in part

The manual also includes instructions on how to use military dogs to intimidate prisoners.

“MWD (Military Working Dogs) will walk ‘Main Street’ in Camp Delta during shifts to demonstrate physical presence to detainees,” reads a directive in the “Psychological Deterrence” section. “MWD will not be walked through the blocks unless directed by the (Joint Detention Operations Group).”

The document was signed by Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller. According to media reports, Miller introduced harsh interrogation methods to Guantánamo, such as shackling detainees into stress positions and using guard dogs to exploit what the former head commander in Iraq Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez referred to as “Arab fear of dogs.“

Wikileaks leaked report

Beaver: I was not aware of it.

Liar or idiot?

Graham when you said this didn’t happen at Gitmo, you’re not right.

Beaver: What was approved did not happen.

Liar

Graham Who did this?

Beaver: I don’t know.

Idiot

Graham it was part of interrogation plan. Also strip-searched in front of female personnel. Based on this report we know in at least one interrogation dogs were used a person was stripped.

Beaver I haven’t read it, but I take your word for it.

Liar

I didn’t think it was possible, but they have finally found someone even less believable than Gonzo.

Immediately incorporating lessons learned in all other interrogations would have been essential. The whole chain of command needed to know such things, including top policy makers in the White House, since they were authorizing use of specific techniques on named individuals.

Reasons for not recording torture interrogations? The main actors, those in the field particularly, knew it was illegal and that eventually the recordings would leak. They knew it didn’t provide credible actionable intelligence, any more than did Curveball, it just broke the prisoner. Obtaining such intelligence wasn’t the main reason the administration wanted to hold itself out to the bad guys as having no limits in its willingness to pursue and punish its enemies.

Have Testosterone, Will Travel. Lord of the Flies made national policy, a moral holocaust in the White House.

“not having the information unless they made up stuff or agreed to go along with whatever interrogators wanted them to say”

v.

“not giving as much information as needed.

What with Arar admitting to being a terrorist, al-Libi admitting to al-Qaeda training camps in Iraq, etc. – was the pressure to gin up more fake intel to work around for the Iraq war – or to actually get intel?

And if the worry was the first 9/11 anniversary, why were the torture field trip and the torture training sessions scheduled for after that date?

Why don’t you remember significant events like this???