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Week of April 19, 2009 - April 25, 2009

Wither Lyndie England?


Lost in all the yelling back and forth over the recent disclosures is what went on at Abu Ghraib. Lyndie England and others were convicted of - or plead guilty to - and served time for conduct that, while unpleasant, doesn't come close to waterboarding, which - let's be honest - is a mock execution. It's beyond obvious now that the Bush administration actively created a culture where interrogators and military jailers were encouraged to push the "line" as to what's acceptable. How is it that England crossed the line but the CIA agents, psychologists and MDs who participated in waterboarding sessions didn't - let alone Rumsfeld, Cheney and their flunky lawyers Addington, Bybee, Yoo and Bradbury? Were the Abu Ghraib defendants not covered under the Bybee and Bradbury memos?


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