Oui ça ne date pas d’aujourd’hui mais on aurait tort de laisser l’information sous le tapis à cause de cela. Les faits ne sont connus qu’après quelques années, les enquêtes en mettent encore plusieurs autres. La transaction judiciaire liée à ce passé vient juste d’être soldée.
À l’heure où on est sur le point d’empiler encore une loi renforçant l’exécutif, les pouvoirs de police police et le renseignement en France, il n’est pas inutile de rappeler de quoi nos démocraties sont capables. Il est illusoire de croire que ça n’aurait pas pu arriver en France. Je n’irai même pas jusqu’à affirmer que nous n’avons rien eu du même style.
Le reportage est long mais bien fait, détaillé, factuel, explicatif : Inside de CIA’s black site torture room, The Guardian. Aujourd’hui les vrais responsables, politiques et donneurs d’ordre, sont toujours chez eux.
In his pre-trial deposition, Jessen insisted that the interrogation methods he and Mitchell first proposed to defeat this resistance included no physical pressures and were consistent with the Geneva Conventions. But by April, Jessen was crafting an “Exploitation Draft Plan” that included holding captives in soundproof cells in secret facilities that were beyond the reach of the Red Cross, the press, and US and foreign observers. A few months later, “Jim and I went into a cubicle,” as Jessen recalled during his deposition. “He sat down at a typewriter, and together we wrote out a list” that became the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques.
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November 2002: Rahman wearing only socks and diaper; supervisor has concern regarding hypothermia
Rahman subjected to 48 hours of sleep deprivation, rough treatment, cold shower and other measures but remained noncompliant.
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Subjected to cold conditions and minimum food and sleep… confused due to dehydration and fatigue.
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Cable recommends future use of continued environmental deprivations with interrogations 18 out of 24 hours daily
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Linguist asks questions about the temperature at which hypothermia occurs […]
November 20,
04:00 hrs guard check – Rahman is alive.
08:00 hrs guard check – Rahman is alive.
10:00 hrs guard check – Rahman is dead.
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