THROUGH, IT SUDDENLY HAD AN IMPACT ON EVERYBODY WHO SAW
IMPACT ON EVERYBODY WHO SAW THEM.
THEM. IT WAS FAR GREATER THAN WE EVER
IT WAS FAR GREATER THAN WE EVER EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. >> CAROL ROSENBERG, EXCELLENT
>> CAROL ROSENBERG, EXCELLENT REPORTER NOW AT "THE NEW YORK
REPORTER NOW AT "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS BEEN COVERING
TIMES" HAS BEEN COVERING GUANTANAMO FOREVER.
GUANTANAMO FOREVER. THE WAY SHE PUT THESE IN CONTEXT
THE WAY SHE PUT THESE IN CONTEXT TODAY WAS TO STRESS THE FACT
TODAY WAS TO STRESS THE FACT THESE TORTURE TECHNIQUES WERE
THESE TORTURE TECHNIQUES WERE SPECIFICALLY APPROVED FOR USE ON
SPECIFICALLY APPROVED FOR USE ON HIM IN COMBINATION.
HIM IN COMBINATION. THEY WERE ALL APPROVED FOR USE
THEY WERE ALL APPROVED FOR USE ON HIM INCLUDING SPECIFIC
ON HIM INCLUDING SPECIFIC REFERENCES BY THE PEOPLE WHO
REFERENCES BY THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE TORTURE MEMOS
WROTE THE TORTURE MEMOS APPROVING THESE THINGS,
APPROVING THESE THINGS, REFERENCING HOW FLEXIBLE HE WAS
REFERENCING HOW FLEXIBLE HE WAS AND SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF
AND SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF DAYS HE COULD BE SUBJECTED TO
DAYS HE COULD BE SUBJECTED TO SLEEP DEPRIVATION.
SLEEP DEPRIVATION. THIS WAS ALL DESIGNED TO BE USED
THIS WAS ALL DESIGNED TO BE USED ON HIM NOT JUST AS INDIVIDUAL
ON HIM NOT JUST AS INDIVIDUAL ONE OFF THINGS, BUT THIS IS
ONE OFF THINGS, BUT THIS IS AUTHORIZED IN SPECIFIC AND IN
AUTHORIZED IN SPECIFIC AND IN DETAIL BY GOVERNMENT.
DETAIL BY GOVERNMENT. >> HE IS THE ENTIRE TORTURE
>> HE IS THE ENTIRE TORTURE PROGRAM AS APPROVE BIDE THE
PROGRAM AS APPROVE BIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. >> NEVER CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
>> NEVER CHARGED WITH A CRIME. >> NEVER CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
>> NEVER CHARGED WITH A CRIME. INDEED THEY ADMIT THAT EVERY
INDEED THEY ADMIT THAT EVERY FACT THEY USED TO JUSTIFY MAKING
FACT THEY USED TO JUSTIFY MAKING HIM THE POSTER CHILD FOR TORTURE
HIM THE POSTER CHILD FOR TORTURE IS FALSE.
IS FALSE. PROBABLY THE MOST SHOCKING THING
PROBABLY THE MOST SHOCKING THING ABOUT THE SENATE SELECT
ABOUT THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE INTELLIGENCE REPORT’S
COMMITTEE INTELLIGENCE REPORT’S EVALUATION OF THE TORTURE
EVALUATION OF THE TORTURE PROGRAM IS NOT JUST THE THAT
PROGRAM IS NOT JUST THE THAT THEY WERE WRONG, IT DIDN’T WORK,
THEY WERE WRONG, IT DIDN’T WORK, IT WAS TERRIBLE.
IT WAS TERRIBLE. WHAT IS MISSING FROM THAT IS HOW
WHAT IS MISSING FROM THAT IS HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
DID IT HAPPEN? THE QUESTION NOBODY ASKS IS HOW
THE QUESTION NOBODY ASKS IS HOW DID THEY COME UP AFTER HOLDING
DID THEY COME UP AFTER HOLDING HIM FOR FIVE MONTHS AND CONCLUDE
HIM FOR FIVE MONTHS AND CONCLUDE HE WAS al-QAEDA, NUMBER TWO,
HE WAS al-QAEDA, NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, OR NUMBER FOUR.
NUMBER THREE, OR NUMBER FOUR. HOW COULD IT BE THAT WE WOULD
HOW COULD IT BE THAT WE WOULD MAKE UP FACTS PROVEN TO BE FALSE
MAKE UP FACTS PROVEN TO BE FALSE AND NOBODY’S EVER SAID HOW DID
AND NOBODY’S EVER SAID HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
THIS HAPPEN? AND OF COURSE HE’S STILL THERE
AND OF COURSE HE’S STILL THERE UNCHARGED BECAUSE NONE OF THE
UNCHARGED BECAUSE NONE OF THE FACTS THEY TORTURED HIM ON WERE
