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Titolo: Memo sull'outsourcing della tortura

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Exclusive: Secret Memo--Send to Be Tortured
By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Aug. 8, 2005 issue -
An FBI agent warned superiors in a memo three years ago that U.S.
officials who discussed plans to ship terror suspects to foreign
nations that practice torture could be prosecuted for conspiring to
violate U.S. law, according to a copy of the memo obtained by
NEWSWEEK.
The strongly worded memo, written by an FBI supervisor then assigned
to Guantanamo, is the latest in a series of documents that have
recently surfaced reflecting unease among some government lawyers and
FBI agents over tactics being used in the war on terror.
This memo appears to be the first that directly questions the legal
premises of the Bush administration policy of "extraordinary
rendition"--a secret program under which terror suspects are
transferred to foreign countries that have been widely criticized for
practicing torture.
In a memo forwarded to a senior FBI lawyer on Nov. 27, 2002, a
supervisory special agent from the bureau's behavioral analysis unit
offered a legal analysis of interrogation techniques that had been
approved by Pentagon officials for use against a high-value Qaeda
detainee.
After objecting to techniques such as exploiting "phobias" like "the
fear of dogs" or dripping water "to induce the misperception of
drowning," the agent discussed a plan to send the detainee to Jordan,
Egypt or an unspecified third country for interrogation.
"In as much as the intent of this category is to utilize, outside the
U.S., interrogation techniques which would violate [U.S. law] if
committed in the U.S., it is a per se violation of the U.S. Torture
Statute," the agent wrote.
"Discussing any plan which includes this category could be seen as a
conspiracy to violate [the Torture Statute]" and "would inculpate"
everyone involved.
A senior FBI official, who asked not to be identified because the
issue is sensitive, said the memo was not an official bureau legal
conclusion.
Its author was at Gitmo to advise on interrogation techniques, not to
render legal opinions, the official said.
(The memo's author, a former New York City prosecutor, declined to
comment to NEWSWEEK.)
But another senior U.S. law-enforcement official familiar with the
memo, who also asked not to be identified, said the memo reflects
concerns among many agents and lawyers about "rendition."
Intel officials estimate that more than 100 terror suspects have been
rendered to foreign countries by the CIA under a classified directive
signed by President George W. Bush after 9/11.
A senior U.S. intelligence official, who asked not to be identified
because the program is classified, said rendering suspects to their
country of origin can aid intel because local interrogators speak the
language better and understand the cultural sensitivities of the
suspects.
"No one is sent anywhere for the purpose of being tortured," the
official said.
A Pentagon spokesman said the Defense Department does not engage in
renditions, but officials have confirmed that 65 detainees have been
transferred from Guantanamo for further detention or prosecution by
foreign governments, including 29 to Pakistan, seven to Russia, five
to Morocco and four to Saudi Arabia--countries the State Department
criticizes for practicing torture.

 criticizes for practicing torture.
Pero' e' evidente che  nel caso di prigionieri portati dagli americani 
si sospenderebbe qualsiasi tortura. E che se mai venisse effettuata 
tutti i funzionari della CIA sarebbero portati davanti ad un tribunale 
americano...
ROTFL!
Questo memo che implica una direttiva segreta era proprio cio' che mi 
mancava quando discutevo della tortura.
Per una volta mi asterro' dal definire la profonda malafede e 
indifferenza alla tortura dei miei interlocutori, sempre pronti a 
giustificare la legge del piu' forte, da codardi che sono.
Am.
-- 
Fede: Credere senza prove a ciň che viene detto da uno che parla senza 
cognizione di causa di cose senza paragone (Ambrose Bierce).

because the program is classified,
Le solite fonti anonime del lazzo :)
-Stefano

da codardi che sono.
...disse il *FESSO* codardo... :)
-Stefano

 
E chi t'ha chiamato in causa, Bagonghi?
Sminuzza pure,  mo' ci manca solo l'altro garantista dei potenti, ma se 
e' furbo si stara' piu' zitto di te...


ma se e' furbo si stara' piu' zitto di te...
...disse il *FESSO*... :)
-Stefano