Cry me a river.
Probe of Al-Qaeda Leader’s Handling Sought
Two senators who observed last week’s closed military proceedings against al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed called for an investigation into allegations that the accused planner of the Sept. 11 attacks was physically abused while in CIA custody.
Mohammed told the tribunal last Saturday that he had been mistreated during three years in CIA custody before his transfer to Guantanamo Bay, and he submitted a written description of the alleged abuse. The military panel immediately classified the submission and redacted from transcripts details of Mohammed’s treatment in the CIA’s secret prison program…
“Allegations of prisoner mistreatment must be taken seriously and properly investigated. To do otherwise would reflect poorly on our nation,” Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), a committee member, said in a statement issued yesterday.
Just further proof that the balls of Republicans are held on by the same velcro as those of the Dems.
If you consider waterboarding to be mean, then yes, they were mean. The next question is whether we want them to be mean or not. I vote for more meanness against those who want to mass murder our population.
The full text of the joint statement is at levin.senate.gov.
The senators are on record stating they believe KSM’s statements were truthful despite the allegations of abuse.