In Torture – Why Are We Legalizing It?, I stated “The only difference between what the President is proposing and what the terrorists have done is that they broadcast it to the world, while he hides it from the world.”
Well, according to one article at CNN.com, “The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe.” CNN also stated, “It depends on the cooperation of foreign intelligence services, and on keeping even basic information about the system secret from the public, foreign officials and nearly all members of Congress charged with overseeing the CIA’s covert actions.”
In a related article CNN.com reported, “A man once considered a top al Qaeda operative escaped from a U.S.-run detention facility in Afghanistan and cannot testify against the soldier who allegedly mistreated him.”
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