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| Saddam Speaks! Uh, Well, No, He’s Not... | |
| 2004-03-29 | |
| He doesn’t have a lawyer in the room, but Saddam Hussein apparently is practicing what most attorneys would advise: Don’t talk. Diplomatic and military officials say the former Iraqi leader has provided little useful information in interrogations so far — and may even be having fun. Time to send in the Kurdish Truncheon A Team. The questioning of Saddam — initially handled by the CIA — is now a joint CIA-FBI operation, a sign that the aim is changing from finding intelligence to gathering evidence for any eventual trials. The people who are asking the questions at the moment are from the FBI, said a U.S. intelligence official. Not sure that’s a good thing, but that’s just me... Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has indicated in interviews that interrogators aren’t learning much from the former president of Iraq. Just hand him over to the Iraqi’s, then. Maybe they can get some answers out of him? In a recent interview, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said he occasionally sees the interrogation briefing reports. "He’s a pretty wily guy, and he’s not giving much information that I’ve seen. But he seems to be enjoying the debate," Armitage told WPHT-AM radio in Philadelphia. The he’s not being beaten enough...
My patience wears thin real fast... "He is very good at denial and deception. I am not sure he even knows what the truth is anymore," Goss said. "I think he’s been surrounded by yes-men and syncophants." Lying, it’s what Arabs do best! In an interview with the Associated Press last week, FBI Director Robert Mueller said the FBI is assisting with "certain interrogations" in Iraq, as well as helping with investigations into killings there. He said the bureau is also working with documents obtained in Iraq. Just wish we could see some concrete results, that’s all. Those most likely include Saddam’s papers. Vince Cannistraro, a former counterterrorism director for the CIA, said papers found with Saddam when he was captured have proved much more useful than anything the former leader has said. "Every thing that they have found and taken action on has come from documentation found on him," Cannistraro said. A defense official would say only that Saddam was in good health at an undisclosed location. Must be that free Details of the interrogations could come out in any eventual trial of Saddam. But the logistics — including the date — of any trial have yet to be settled. Do it Uncle Joe’s way - first the trial, then the execution. On Sunday, Jacques Verges, a French lawyer who claims to be representing Saddam at his family’s request, said he expects that a trial is still some time away. Verges has not met with Saddam and is trying to act as his lawyer from afar, a U.S. intelligence official said. Get the check up front, you freakin’ apologist for murder. The International Committee of the Red Because he’s not in the loop, methinks. A team of 50 Justice Department prosecutors, investigators and support staff has traveled to Iraq to help assemble a war-crimes case against Saddam and others in his former government. But Justice officials take pains to say that the United States is there only to assist the Iraqis with advice on what their options for a trial might be. The officials say they are helping the Iraqis to organize evidence and lay out possible charges, and aiding them in finding cooperating witnesses and key documents. The U.S. team is joined by legal experts from Britain, Spain and Poland. If Saddam does not provide any useful intel in the next three months, let him loose in Baghdad and have the mobs tear him limb from limb, or give him the Mussolini lamppost sendoff. Don’t waste my fucking tax dollars on the circus / charade that Saddam’s trial will be. While it’s possible Saddam could be put on trial before any others, Justice officials say another approach would be to start lower and work up the ladder of seniority. The hope would be that some Iraqi officials might be persuaded to testify against Saddam to avoid harsh sentences. Well, where are these other trials? The Iraqi Governing Council has already set up tribunals consisting of three panels of five judges each, with nine other judges to serve on an appeals panel. Good. Verges said he believes the United States has violated the Geneva Conventions in its detention of Saddam, and said the world must wait for a trial to determine whether Saddam was guilty of wrongdoing. Like it’s not fucking obvious? "We know that Mr. Bush has said he’s guilty," Verges told Associated Press Television News. "But what does that mean? Mr. Bush is not a judge. We cannot accept him as a judge. He is an enemy of Saddam Hussein." "What is the meaning of is?" This assclown’s benn reading too much Sartre or Foucault... | |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #6 Shit. Gimme a field telephone and 20 minutes. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-03-29 10:55:34 PM |
| #5 Time to send in the Kurdish Truncheon A Team. As Allan as my witness I will someday present a Flash presentation on this subject to RB. The team will of course be dancing. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-29 8:23:42 PM |
| #4 Aaah, don't bash Verges too hard. He's just a lawyer, that's all. When you don't have the law, you argue the facts. When you don't have the facts, you argue the law. And when you don't have either, you persecute the prosecutor. Time-honored legal tradition. |
| Posted by: Gromky 2004-03-29 7:34:18 PM |
| #3 Disregard OS. I feel like Merry and Pippin in LOTR. Heh heh. Nice weather today. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-03-29 7:32:23 PM |
| #2 Paul, hush. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-03-29 7:28:00 PM |
| #1 It strikes me that any useful information we get from Sammy we will keep close and not let out. This may be all disinformation in the article. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-03-29 7:01:41 PM |