[upchuck]

Leni, the memo is on the internet here (PDF document).

And here's an index of released documents.

The one Durbin read is down near the bottom and dated 08/02/04.

[MinuteGal]

Thanks, but I want to see the WHOLE memo. What we're seeing is obviously a redacted copy.

Durbin is smart. He'll say he can't release the rest of the memo for national security reasons.....yeah!

Leni

[layman]

Leni, the memo is on the internet here (PDF document).

A few odd things about this memo.

(1) It starts off describing two observations wherein the detainees had urinated on themselves in most cases. Most of two would be what?

(2) The agent describes a total of five observations, all of them negative. Was this the total number he observed, or was he instructed to report only negative things?

(3) The agent observed a detainee in a room without food or water. Is he insinuating that he was being starved? I am in a room right now without food or water.

(4) He describes a detainee who had apparently pulled his hair out. Doesn't this say more about the fanaticism of the detainee than the behavior of the interrogators?

Bottom line ... the purpose of this memo and the motivation of the agent are suspect. I hope someone looks into it.