An e-friend from the Al Stewart mailing list, Terry Karney, has posted a couple of detailed articles on technical/legal issues arising from interrogations in the prison in Baghdad. He knows what he is talking about: he was over there, in military intelligence, until he was evacuated for medical reasons.
As he writes elsewhere:
...right now I am ashamed of my profession... I'm an interrogator, and while only MPs and officers... have been implicated, it was said to be in the interest of people in my line of work.... I feel dirty, unclean, with spotted hands.
The full piece is poetic, tragic. My heart goes out to him.
Posted by geoff2 at May 7, 2004 01:12 AMI wonder if the U.S. military realizes that public theatre will be required. It's not enough to say "Justice will be done," we need a close-up of Karpinski's sword being broken, with a picture-in-picture of her tearful face, sombre martial music in the background, on all TV channels. And we need it soon. If this means Karpinski sacrificing some of her rights to due process, so be it: soldiers are always called upon to make sacrifices for their country.
Posted by: Geoff Arnold at May 7, 2004 11:01 AMOne more relevant link - to Seymour Hersh's piece in the New Yorker.
Posted by: Geoff at May 8, 2004 10:02 PM