Published on Friday, November 2, 2007 by Erie Times News (Pennsylvania)
Orders From The Top
by Lisa Thompson
When military investigators questioned Erie County Judge Michael E. Dunlavey about reported prisoner abuse during his tenure at the Guantanamo Bay camp for suspected terrorists, Dunlavey told them he got his “marching orders” from President Bush, according to a new book about U.S. policies regarding torture.
The book, “Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond,” relies on government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to trace the development of what the authors claim was prisoner abuse and torture that emerged in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The book uses Dunlavey’s words to place him, a retired two-star general in the U.S. Army Reserve, at the advent of the development of what have become disputed interrogation policies.
In a statement Dunlavey provided to a U.S. Air Force lieutenant general investigating FBI reports of detainee abuses at Guantanamo Bay, Dunlavey explains that as leader of interrogations at Guantanamo, he reported directly to President Bush and then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
He acknowledged the use of loud music and dogs and shackling prisoners in the fetal position during interrogations, but stressed repeatedly that the standard was to treat detainees humanely. The military investigation into the claims of abuse at Guantanamo Bay found no reason to reprimand Dunlavey.
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November 8, 2007 at 6:10 pm |
Regarding torturing terrorist prisoners to get a confession.
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This silly worry about a bit of torture. The Catholic church had a policy to suppress heresy, like thinking that the pope was not important or maybe bribing your way into heaven was not Kuhl. Radicals like Martin Luther and others that even stole his name like Martin Luther King were just terrorists.
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Those guys back in 1776 were terrorists also. Look how we did them in. Oh no that was the British sorry.
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The church policy had protections for the innocent. Some people think the Inquisition had no rules. A person who disputed the church could only be tortured to near death three times. The holy fathers were not allowed to kill anyone until the prisoner admitted to heresy. Some Confessed. Then as they deserved they were burned at the stake. All they had to do was just not admit any stray thoughts.
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The Sacrament of Confession was derived from this method. The Ying of the Yang is it allows us Catholics do anything. We just tell the priest and we still get a free E-ticket to heaven. (copywrite Disney) Mortal sin is just a fun game of Musical Chairs. Before you die say you are sorry for all the people you killed.
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The town people enjoyed this cookout and due to the lack of fuel it was a great time to get warm and even toast some bread. I think this may have been when BBQ was invented. The church liked this so much that they invented Hell. Eternal damnation in fire. Seeing how the disbelievers yelled and screamed the pope saw it as a great way to scare people into being good and donating money to build all these great cathedrals that are such wonderful tourist destinations.
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Now you see that God, the one owned by the Catholics, approved of torture. Now that the United States owns God we are right in whatever we do. So all you pansies get on our side and quit whining.
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Do you think that Jesus would want someone living in the Middle East owning all the oil?
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Jesus approved of torture. He chose to get crucified. The Romans probably also had tree hugging granola heads like these guys trying to ruin our country. “Heh! Crucifiction may be torture.”
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Now the ultimate insult to our God, the real one. My copy of the Quran keeps using the name God when we all know they pray to some guy with six arms named Allah. Or is that the Hindus. No matter.
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When i went to Catholic school we prayed to Mary who asked Jesus to ask the Bird to ask God for something we wanted like a new bike for Christmas. Now the Quran even added a chapter that talks about Mary, our Mary!
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It is not just a few lines like the Bible. They are really trying to take possession of even our most holy person, Mary. If you do not believe this read Sura 19. Mohammed gave our Mary 98 verses. Clearly he is trying to up the ante.
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If you do not like our country and the people who run it then move out. Go to Montana or someplace like that.
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Robert J. Lanier
Proud Republican and Catholic.
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November 8, 2007 at 7:26 pm |
Just a side note: If you speak Arabic and the English is a bit rusty, like Detroit, then remember this is humor. Okay? I do not want any fanatics crashing airplanes into my Swedish Ferrari.
Robert J. Lanier
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November 9, 2007 at 11:37 am |
Robert J. Lanier,
Let us hope you remain safe and no harm comes to you. But don’t drive your Ferrari into any airplane, either!
I am very reluctant to pass any critical remarks about what many believe to be their religions. You will see that I try to deal with political matters only and leave God/gods undisturbed.
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