Bill
01-17-2008, 07:03 PM
Sadly, Canadian diplomatic documents tell diplomats that the US has joined the ranks of rogue torture states.
I gather this is something like the NIE - the canadian diplomatic corps adopting and publishing an opinion in opposition to the prime minister.
Gladly, soon the torture boys will be out of power, and we can go back to being the good guys again.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN17629871
An official Canadian government document has put both the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners run the risk of being tortured, CTV television reported on Thursday.
The revelation is likely to embarrass the minority Conservative government, which is a staunch U.S. ally.
The document mentions the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where a Canadian man is being held.
CTV said the document was part of a course on torture awareness given to Canadian diplomats to help them determine whether prisoners they visited abroad had been mistreated.
It said the document mentioned U.S. interrogation techniques such as "forced nudity, isolation, and sleep deprivation."
Other countries on the watch list include Syria, China, Iran and Afghanistan
I gather this is something like the NIE - the canadian diplomatic corps adopting and publishing an opinion in opposition to the prime minister.
Gladly, soon the torture boys will be out of power, and we can go back to being the good guys again.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN17629871
An official Canadian government document has put both the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners run the risk of being tortured, CTV television reported on Thursday.
The revelation is likely to embarrass the minority Conservative government, which is a staunch U.S. ally.
The document mentions the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where a Canadian man is being held.
CTV said the document was part of a course on torture awareness given to Canadian diplomats to help them determine whether prisoners they visited abroad had been mistreated.
It said the document mentioned U.S. interrogation techniques such as "forced nudity, isolation, and sleep deprivation."
Other countries on the watch list include Syria, China, Iran and Afghanistan