Comments on: CSIS involved in interrogating/transferring of Afghan detainees

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:36:57 +0000

A public inquiry would be fine but the government MUST also hand over these documents to parliament. For one thing, no government can be allowed to simply ignore the law. For another, we can’t afford to wait two or three years to find out what went on here.

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:08:25 +0000

Similar revelations are surfacing in London as well. Conceivably there will yet be revelations in the other participating NATO-ISAF countries.

Torture, or if you prefer “enhanced interrogation”, will become normalized.

This will have to happen because western democracies will not, under any circumstances, accept that they have crossed a moral divide.

Therefore there was no moral divide in the first place. The churches will lead the way in carefully nudging the dialogue toward this conclusion.

The previous understandings of the techniques formerly known as “torture” were in error. Our morality, our humanity, our legal and medical frameworks will be adjusted accordingly.

We will become accustomed to a new frame of reference on the matter. The courts will concur – as indeed they already are beginning to show signs of doing.

And we will see, in the not too distant future, that similar techniques will become acceptable in domestic criminal investigations as well.

This is the triumph of human consciousness. We can adapt to anything.

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:21:51 +0000

This also seems to be a rather troubling revelation, when put into perspective:
“The spies would sometimes make recommendations on which Taliban prisoners to hand over to the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan’s notorious intelligence service, the sources said.”

At this time, did the CSIS know NDS was a torturing outfit? Did they transfer detainees knowing the NDS was a torturing outfit?