From Washington Post of 15 Sept 2006:
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GOP Infighting on Detainees Intensifies
President Bush warned defiant Republican senators yesterday that he will close down a CIA interrogation program that he credited with thwarting terrorist attacks if they pass a proposal regulating detention of enemy combatants, escalating a politically charged battle that has exposed divisions within his party.
An irritated Bush, raising his voice and gesturing sharply at a Rose Garden news conference, excoriated legislation passed by a Senate panel Thursday that is intended to conform U.S. detainee practices with the Geneva Conventions. Bush insisted on legislation more specifically defining what is banned so intelligence officers would not worry about being charged with war crimes. ...
"Weakening the Geneva protections is not only unnecessary, but would set an example to other countries, with less respect for basic human rights, that they could issue their own legislative 'reinterpretations,' " McCain said in a written statement. "This puts our military personnel and others directly at risk in this and future wars."
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From history, we know that McCain puts America before a political agenda. George Jr would even lie about WMDs - get America into wars - to promote a political agenda rather than America. Just another lesson from history. So which Republican should be believe?
Meanwhile, professional interrogators say torture does not provide useful information - no matter how George Jr spins it. Professional interrogators say being nice causes them to open up - sometimes intentionally and sometimes accidentally - to provide *accurate* information. Don't tell that to George Jr supporters who insist that torture is good - only because they know. Accurate information? Where are all these bombs in shipping containers? What happened to
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latest terrorism alert was based primarily on information that is three to four years old, but they aggressively defended the decision to warn financial sectors in Washington, New York and Newark because of the continuing threat posed by al Qaeda. ... The alert Ridge issued on Sunday, ... that al Qaeda operatives had surveilled five buildings: the International Monetary Fund and World Bank headquarters in Washington; the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup Center in New York; and the Prudential Financial building in Newark.
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Yes torture is so effective if its purpose is to increase a president's popularity rating. Screw the Geneva convention. Its not even an American town. We must reelect Republicans with an approved attitude. Not those who forget and instead work for America.
George Jr knows that torture, secret prisions, international kidnapping, and no judicial review is essential to protection. But who is he protecting? The man who works for America or the one who would screw America for a political agenda? George Jr promotes torture.