01-04-2016, 05:29 PM
If we look at the torture scandals, it started out "small" - Abu Ghraib and "bad apples" like Lynndie England being thrown under the bus.
But according to Wikipedia: In a May 11, 2004, interview with Denver CBS affiliate television station KCNC-TV, England reportedly said that she was "instructed by persons in higher ranks" to commit the acts of abuse for psyop reasons, and that she should keep doing it, because it worked as intended. England noted that she felt "weird" when a commanding officer asked her to do such things as "stand there, give the thumbs up, and smile". However, England felt that she was doing "nothing out of the ordinary".
and
The main defense was that Charles Graner was following orders from, and supervised by, intelligence officers.[SUP][31][/SUP] Graner and others testified that many senior officers were aware of the activities and actively supported them. This is why he was not worried about taking and distributing the photographs which were later used against him. Referring to military intelligence, Graner testified "I nearly beat an MI detainee to death with MI there" before Pohl cut him off.[SUP][32]
[size=12]And so it unraveled, little by little, until eventually we learned that it went all the way up to the White House, CIA and Pentagon.
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But according to Wikipedia: In a May 11, 2004, interview with Denver CBS affiliate television station KCNC-TV, England reportedly said that she was "instructed by persons in higher ranks" to commit the acts of abuse for psyop reasons, and that she should keep doing it, because it worked as intended. England noted that she felt "weird" when a commanding officer asked her to do such things as "stand there, give the thumbs up, and smile". However, England felt that she was doing "nothing out of the ordinary".
and
The main defense was that Charles Graner was following orders from, and supervised by, intelligence officers.[SUP][31][/SUP] Graner and others testified that many senior officers were aware of the activities and actively supported them. This is why he was not worried about taking and distributing the photographs which were later used against him. Referring to military intelligence, Graner testified "I nearly beat an MI detainee to death with MI there" before Pohl cut him off.[SUP][32]
[size=12]And so it unraveled, little by little, until eventually we learned that it went all the way up to the White House, CIA and Pentagon.
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