Thinkprogress:
The White House has confirmed that President Bush plans to veto legislation prohibiting the CIA from using waterboarding and bringing the agency’s interrogation methods in line with the Army Field Manual.
In today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino defended the veto decision by citing the age of CIA interrogators. She said that they are well-trained “professionals” with “an average age of 40.” U.S. soldiers, on the other hand, are too immature to be trusted, argued Perino. That’s why they need the Army Field Manual:
This is done at the CIA, and it is done by professionals who are given hundreds of hours of training, who are — I think General Hayden said an average age of 40; who are being asked to do very hard work in order to protect Americans.
The Army Field Manual is a perfectly appropriate document that is important for young GIs, some so young that they’re not even able to legally get a drink in the states where they’re from.
1 comment:
Perino is showing she was just given a job without any qualification. She gives professional woman a bad name. Dumb as a door knob and she should stay in the background. Everyone knows soldiers drink on bases. Now while in New York, New Jersey, California and other Military bases I saw young and old drinking without a problem. We seen our kids to give their lives to for this country but your going to say don't drink. Troops are collecting the cocaine in the fields of Afghanistan. Is Perino really that dumb I hope not.
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