Posted on 1/13/2006, 3:05:17 AM by Jay777
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today released new documents obtained from the Defense Department detailing abuse at U.S. facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. Included in the release is the first publicly available government document confirming the existence of a secret “Special Access Program” involving a special ops unit, Task Force 6-26, which has been implicated in numerous detainee abuse incidents in Iraq, and whose operatives used fake names to thwart an Army investigation.
“These documents confirm that the torture of detainees and its subsequent cover-up was part of a larger clandestine operation, in all likelihood, authorized by senior government officials,” said ACLU attorney Amrit Singh. “Despite mounting evidence of systemic abuse authorized or endorsed from above, however, not a single high level official has thus far been brought to justice.”
In one Army file, an investigator states that he is unable to continue an investigation into claims that a detainee captured by Task Force 6-26 in Tikrit, Iraq, was stripped, humiliated and physically abused until he passed out, because the unit accused of the abuse is part of the Special Access Program (SAP). A memorandum included in the report states that “fake names were used by the 6-26 members” and that the unit claimed to have a computer malfunction which resulted in the loss of 70 percent of their files. The memorandum concludes, “Hell, even if we reopened [the investigation] we wouldn’t get any more information than we already have.”
Also included in the documents released today is a heavily redacted memo referring to a December 10, 2002 “SERE INTERROGATION SOP” (Standard Operating Procedure) for Guantánamo. SERE, which stands for “Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape,” is a secret military program under which detainees held in U.S. custody abroad are subjected to harsh interrogation techniques.
(Excerpt) Read more at aclu.org ...
Here is what S.E.R.E really is.....hardly a secret!
ACLU: I don't care, goodbye.
We shou;d start a nationwide petition to have all the ACLU lawyers law licenses stripped from them, on the grounds that they are a seditious and subversive organisation that is inimical to the United States of America. They should have no standing in any court in our nation.
Who the hell's side is the ACLU on?
Do they have a clue about the survival of Western civilization? Do they care? Do they want to commit suicide? Do they think there is going to be an Islamofascist Civil Liberties Union for them if the Mooses take over the world or nuke us?
I don't care if THEY want to commit suicide, but I don't want them to take me with them. Hell no, I won't go.
Marxist front group...should be made illegal,it's funds seized , it's members jailed,given fair trials, and then quickly deported to a Marxist paradise...like North Korea...
imo
Experiment 6-2-6?
Is someone trying to put one over on the ACLU?
I'm Task Force 6-26!
Good link, thanks.
S.E.R.E. is no secret to me. I've experienced it.
This isn't the task force you're looking for...
Move along.
Nothing to see here..
http://www.gosere.com/about-sere.htm
Code Of Conduct
Article I
I am an American fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
Article II
I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
Article III
If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
Article IV
If I become a prisoner of war I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me, and will back them up in every way.
Article V
When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.
Article VI
I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
It deprived the detainees of their right shoes.
No! No! No!!!
It's the left shoe I takes...
__________________ MEEGA, NALA KWEESTA!!!!
His destructive programming is taking effect. He will be irresistably drawn to large cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone's left shoe... - Dr. Jumba Jookiba
This is your badness level. It's unusually high, for someone your size.. ..No more caffeine for you. - Lilo
I force the Detainees to play Pong on my Commodore 64 until they pass out...
Every recruit is trained in SERE...it consists of those techniques to employ in case one is in danger of being captured, or having been captured, what to do to escape.
Thanks for the ping!
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