Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by rasz_pl on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @05:23PM
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Remember Abu Ghraib? there was only ONE guy not ok with what was happening. It usually takes only one man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsFEV35tWsg
in case of US concentration camps there also was one man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiriakou he is still in prison, because ratting on your fellow men is against the law
There usually are no 'good cops' either, because doing something in the face of evil marks you as a traitor
Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by tptacek on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @05:42PM
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The Kiriakou case is not that straightforward.
Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by waterlesscloud on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @02:32PM
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There were CIA officers that disagreed, protested, and withdrew from the situations. It's mentioned in the report.
Re:US Senate Report on CIA Detention and Interrogation Program
by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @03:44PM
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And if things like this become public without anyone being held accountable -- signalling public approval for the abuses -- that will happen less the next time.
The question on my mind, were their CIA operatives that refused to comply with orders? Take the various police brutality cases, what's lost in the echochamber about it all is that these guys volunteer to be police, nobody is forced to, some of them want to carry guns, that really changes the situation a bit when an unarmed person ends up dead. The CIA has the same problem here, I know there are people in the CIA that "want to kick some terrorist ass." I'd feel better if there were some outspoken CIA operatives who were coming out saying that they refused to take part. If not, it's not just an ugly stain but the whole organization is broken, they have no respect for law..