Yet to be proven in court, but Jose Padilla's attorney claims in court documents that his client's treatment- torture- includes...
"isolation; sleep and sensory depravation; hoodings; stress positions; exposure to noxious fumes; exposure to temperature extremes; threats of imminent execution; assaults; the forced administration of mind-altering substances; denial of religious practices; manipulation of diet; and other forms of mistreatment."
These forms of 'aggressive interrogation techniques' would fall under Geneva defitions of torture.
Padilla is not a member of the Taliban or an insurgent group. He was not captured in Afghanistan or Iraq. He is a US citizen, from Chicago.
Should the government be allowed to treat anyone this way?
Some suggest that Americans around the world are put at risk by the Administration's reckless torture policy.
True enough.
What Padilla demonstrates, however, is that Americans here, in the United States, are endangered by an arrogant Administration's abuse of power.
GP
No comments:
Post a Comment