Ex-Pentagon Lawyer Says He Researched 'Real Manchurian Candidate Stu

Ex-Pentagon Lawyer Says He Researched 'Real Manchurian Candidate Stu
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Ex-Pentagon Lawyer Says He Researched 'Real Manchurian Candidate Stuff' 17 Jun 2008 A former Pentagon lawyer scheduled to testify today before the Senate Armed Forces Committee told the New York Times he researched psychological studies about the effects of interrogation after his superiors expressed frustration about Guantanamo detainees withholding information. The lawyer, Richard Schiffrin, said the information he obtained included studies of North Koreans' [and CIA] attempted mind-control experiments on American prisoners during the Korean War. "It was real Manchurian Candidate stuff," he told the Times. The revelation comes amid disclosures that Pentagon lawyers played a more active and earlier role than previously disclosed in developing aggressive interrogation techniques for use at Guantanamo, the story says.

US military deny that new prison is planned as 'Guantanamo Two' 22 Jun 2008 A US military spokeswoman has dismissed suggestions that a new prison planned for Afghanistan is intended to receive prisoners from Guantanamo Bay... Lieutenant-Colonel Rumi Nielsen-Green also rejected reports by Afghan and US human rights groups that children as young as nine were being held at the existing detention facility. Last month, the Pentagon announced plans for a 40-acre, $60 million detention centre to replace the ageing facility at Bagram airfield. On June 2, the Afghan Human Rights Organisation, AHRO, alleged that 10 children aged between nine and 13 were being held at Bagram. Last month, a report by the US government to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child also claimed juveniles were being held. But the US military has repeatedly denied that this is the case.

Kristol: Bush Might Bomb Iran If He 'Thinks Senator Obama's Going to Win' Posted by Matt 22 Jun 2008 On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said that President [sic] Bush is more likely to attack Iran if he believes Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is going to be elected. However, "if the president thought John McCain was going to be the next president, he would think it more appropriate to let the next president make that decision than do it on his way out," Kristol said, reinforcing the fact that McCain is offering a third Bush term on Iran... Host Chris Wallace then asked if Kristol was suggesting that Bush might "launch a military strike" before or after the election: WALLACE: So, you're suggesting that he might in fact, if Obama's going to win the election, either before or after the election, launch a military strike? KRISTOL: I don't know. I mean, I think he would worry about it... Kristol also suggested that Obama's election would tempt Saudi Arabia and Egypt to think, "maybe we can use nuclear weapons."

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