Martin Baxter wrote:
Have you read or heard of some of the work done by Manfred Nowak,
recently appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Torture? He thinks the US
may now be operating "Prison Ships", or "Interrogation Ships" away from
prying eyes of the Red Cross and his own International Commission of
Jurists.


Hmm, it's possible. A little far fetched maybe.

It sort of fits in with Rumsfeld's private "intelligence" agency which
is actually his personal special-forces arm. He's diverted a lot of
money into building this up and much of the abuse of prisoners by "OGA"
guys (military lingo for 'other gov't agency') is documented; plus they
do a lot of the capturing of terrorist suspects. A better term is
probably 'kidnapping.'


The latest crap with "Scooter" reminds me of the Abu Ghraib folly,
punish the little guy but not the Machiavellian brains behind the
operation. Who was the boy wonder in the CIA that decided that Dick
Cheney had the need to know the names of any covert operatives? Why did
Dick then decide that his Chief of Staff needed this name?


Hush, you'll get us all sent off to Gitmo. Or worse. I'm clamping my
hands over my ears and humming 'God Bless America.'

DSK