Diapering: New Torture Technique Revealed By Report

Washington Independent :

In order to learn more about the mysterious "prolonged diapering" technique formerly employed by the CIA -- possibly the technique nebulously referred to in the 2004 inspector general report as an eleventh and previously unacknowledged interrogation method -- I turned to the International Committee of the Red Cross's February 2007 report on the treatment of 14 "high-value detainees" once held in secret CIA prisons. There are numerous references to diapering in the report.

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Comments

[BradGd]

Just saw a poll at Fox New Website with 94% of the "voters" for NOT reopening the CIA probe - please take a moment to go there and vote - they are using this poll on their show to say how "Americans" do not want this to happen -

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/08/24/justice-department-pursue-cia-abuse-cases/

[TrueBlueMajority]

i'm glad to see this defined as torture.

this is done routinely in nursing home facilities all over the country.

I always felt it was cruel and inhumane.

[CrankyGal]

When I saw the word "diapering" in the title I assumed we were talking about David Vitter...

[MoeJava]

the GOP spinmeisters will consider this pampering terrorists.
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[Retrofuturistic]

Remember how people read =The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich= and everyone was horrified by the way the Nazis treated their prisoners? Well, now that same scenario applies to the United States.

People used to revere us because of our moral standards and our founding principles. That is what we used to be known for....

[Gabrielle]

put a diaper on c**he , ney

[Dantana]

The sad thing about all this is we lowered ourselves to this level and now Maliki is saying that they will most likely they will become part of Iran.

We did for Iran what they could not for themselves, get rid of Saddam. At the end of the day Iraq will be lucky to end up with someone like him.

Look at what we did to their country, strictly out of greed and revenge.

[sviolette]

Hannity was talking about this this afternoon on his radio show and called the torturers heros. Said that we should feel shame for investigating torture. They saved our lives.

[graceland9]

Wasn't he the one who volunteered to be waterboarded? How about, Sean?

[Blufftonian]

With the health care/insurance reform debate foundering, hey, I know . . .

Let's bring up TORTURE!

[Dantana]

Sounds like a GOP Tactic

[sviolette]

This report had to be released this week by court order. Obama did try to convince the court not to order the release to no avail. Isn't it something to have a government that believes in the legal system of the United States?

[TheBaffler]

You have a problem if you think not more than one thing can be dealt with at a time. Maybe you're autistic.

[Lulu-1]

Once again, some kind of creepy sado-taint to the "interrogation methods" they come up with. I will simply suppose the creators of that one are also fans of the yellow shower and worse. Creepy, creepy, creepy.

[Dislikessocialism]

What next CIA uses BREAST FEEDING?? I would talk if it was Nacy's Pelosi

[Swankie]

You're sick. LOL. Talk about weapons of mass distruction!!.

[oldguydude]

The botox ingestion would be toxic.

[kindGSL]

You will love this,

http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_archive.htm

[ibsteve2u]

Somehow I knew the right wouldn't be able to resist swarming to an article on diapers, but the instantaneous reversion to breast-feeding was an unexpected bonus.

[MarsAmbassador]

I hear ya there! Nancy is sporting some Big Uns strapped under those businesswoman outfits. Absolutely massive. Somewhere out there has GOT to be pictures of her in a swimsuit from years ago, but I haven't been lucky enough to find one.

[mimigrammy]

Can anyone tell me what ever happened to our young soldier who was captured recently in Afganistan?

[Swankie]

Libs don't care about stuff like that. It's all Bush, all the time over her at the HP. If you want to care about our soldiers go over to the FOX.com website.

[MizLiz]

FOX.com? I don't need to be fed lies, thankyouverymuch. Be a little more diverse in your fact finding.

[MoeJava]

swankie - "It's all Bush, all the time over her at the HP"
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Bush went bye bye because Obama was elected.
Didnt you hear?
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[mary clyne]

When the Conservative Supreme Court ,give Bush the Presidency, people should have voted him out next election. Instead the people let the fear tactics of the Bush Adminisstion win. And now we are paying the price Bush and Cheney are War Criminals and needs to be convicted for breaking the law

[sviolette]

This had all been done before Bush was re-elected. The country was too scared to vote for anyone else. Like Bill Mahar said this country has alot of stupid people.

[Yurdelite]

I wasn't. You can thank the Independents for supporting him.

[Hank10303]

The thing that makes this all so very horrid and shameful is there were no weapons of mass destruction, there were no connections to 9/11 or Al Queada, and there were no nukes. This was done to these people because Bush decided to invade this country for his own personal reasons that had nothing to do with our national security. No one fact prior to, during and after this invasion proved that Iraq was a threat in any shape, form or fashion to the United States of America. All these people were tortured for NOTHING.

[mary clyne]

I agree with you, thanks .fanned!!

[kindGSL]

I suspect Bush, Cheney and some of their friends for masterminding 9/11 in the first place. They stole the election in 2000... nothing they have done has been good for us.

[MoeJava]

kindGSL - With all the new information coming out, alot of what was already suspected, I agree with you - and investigation should be done.
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republicans always say they've kept us "safe" but who exactly dropped the ball after they got several warnings that "bin Laden determined to strike" and did nothing.
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can't help but think they have diverted billions to their own coffers and left the good ole USA in a dismal failed state, while they are singing all the way to a bank (who also got bailout funds...)
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[John Fudrow]

Am I surprised that some people could look at these facts and still defend Bush/Cheney, no. This nation salivated over The Passion of the Christ which was nothing more than a grotesque torture video coupled with a plot.

The diapering technique made me nearly do a spit take when I read through the document this morning. This goes beyond intelligence gathering and into the realms of inhumanity which many of the "evil" regimes practiced and we denounced.

[mimigrammy]

Maybe, just maybe, when the Republican's learn that we nailed detainees to crosses, they will begin to see the harm in using torture on our enemies.

[Hank10303]

They were not our enemies. No WMD's were found, no nukes were found and no connection to Osama Bin Laden was found. These people were not our enemies; sure Iraq was never friendly but they also never were agressive towards the U.S. They were not our enemies.

[oldguydude]

First - you'd make a lousy movie review columnist based upon your summation of Passion of the Christ.

Next - Exactly how would you suggest getting info from a suspect? What exact methods would you use?

[xspotster]

First - Many critics have pointed out that PotC was basically a snuff film http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/passion_of_the_christ/?critic=creamcropp)

Second - Use the same methods which stopped the "west coast 9-11" attack on LA - good old fashioned interrogation.

[sviolette]

By what's allowed by law. Wouldn't that be something? Follow the law? Who would have thought about that?

[proudem]

This coming from the party that claimed moral superiority and the promotion of democracy throughout the world. Liars! Theives and Ne'er do wells!!

[anitaj]

Just when I thought my opinion of the Bushies couldn't get any lower.

[kindGSL]

Believe me, it is going to get lower.

We haven't even started talking about what kind of blackmail was used to make our lawmakers vote as a block.

[Jaxy]

Bide your time. As members of the Bushie cabal continue to spill their manipulative, cowardly guts via ghost-written tomes, you will gain a better view of the cursed dictatorship that the US was under for 8 years. And when you uncover those facts, your hair will curl ...