Posted on 07/29/2014 4:57:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Abu Ghraib persons were NOT following protocol, at least one of them was a member of lavender mafia (like Chelsea Morning Manning), AND they were LONG under criminal prosecution before the photos were leaked to the partisan press by an irate uncle of one of the perps who tried to blackmail the administration if his relative didn't get a lighter sentence.
Will it have anymore teeth than the Senate investigation into the Obama administration and Injustice Department running guns to narcoterrorists in Mexico to stir up a media frenzy about gun rampage?
“We knew then it was not true because we had already seen the photos of Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib prison four years earlier.”
The “ring leader,” whose name escapes me, was a National Guardsman. His “regular job” was a guard at a state prison. Even though he had worked there for several years he was categorized as “probationary status.” Although the facility could not disclose his employment record it’s likely he was caught up in some kind of misconduct involving prisoners. Usually when organizations “settle” they include nondisclosure agreements.
The National Guard members claimed they were tasked by higher ups to make “training aids.” The young private in the center of the scandal, Lindy England, was Admin. She had no clearance or authorization to be in that part of the complex. Along with the “torture” photos were a lot of graphic pictures of the married prison guard and little miss paper pusher engaged in various sexual acts.
The General in charge of the complex did not have an appropriate clearance to enter the facility. Unlike England, she never toured the prison. She didn’t have a clearance due to a shoplifting incident at a BX/PX facility.
The whole issue wasn’t so much “torture” as “gross incompetence and criminal misconduct.”
End torture - disband the IRS.
Like yesterday
What the hell is that second picture?
If we do it to our own guys as training then it is not the sort of torture I would get my panties in a bunch over.
And yeah, we waterboard our own agents so they know what it is like.
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