The Public Record:
By Jason Leopold
According to New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer, Helgerson concluded that some detainees were allegedly killed during interrogations, according to New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer. In an interview with Harper’s magazine last year, Mayer said Helgerson “investigated several alleged homicides involving CIA detainees” and forwarded several of those cases “to the Justice Department for further consideration and potential prosecution.”
CIA Inspector General John Helgerson raised concerns in a 2004 top-secret report his office prepared about the legality of the interrogation techniques agency interrogators used against admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In the report, Helgerson concluded that the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program “appeared to constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, as defined by the International Convention Against Torture” and the interrogation of Mohammed “could expose agency officers to legal liability,” according to a Nov. 9, 2005 report published in the New York Times.
Now, thanks to the release last week of four Justice Department “torture” memos Helgerson’s concerns make sense.
1 comment:
Yes we killed people and we tortured kids. Now Obama is right about not releasing more information. Americans don't need to know that these detainees were kidnapped because the US paid informers and many informers used this to get back at others they didn't like. We have detainees who are doctors, lawyers and many professionals who had no idea who or what al qeada was. Many were proven innocent about 4 years ago but held because Bush/Cheney didn't want the World to know we make so many mistakes. Many are dead and 7 are known to be tortured so much their now insane. Mohammond's children and wife were tortured. Others had their families kidnapped and tortured. When the information is release we'll see that less then 2 per cent of the detainees were involved in some way with al qeada and of that 2 per cent many were released by mistake and are back with the group. As one Republican Law Maker said when these people are released to their homes they will love the United States for setting them free. Love the US after being kidnapped tortured, talk about wingnuts.
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