Sucker,

You don't know jack.

Col. Steven Kleinman, an Air Force reservist and experienced intelligence officer, was mentioned in a report issued Wednesday by the Senate Armed Services on the abusive treatment of terrorism detainees.

Kleinman spoke with NPR's Robert Siegel about the situation he encountered when he was chosen to lead a team of interrogators questioning Iraqi insurgents during the early part of the war. He says he did not know until he arrived in Iraq that he would be witnessing an interrogation strategy that U.S. military personnel were trained to resist, in a program known as "SERE," to avoid techniques that produced bad intelligence.

Only mac...

Sucker,

You don't know jack.

Col. Steven Kleinman, an Air Force reservist and experienced intelligence officer, was mentioned in a report issued Wednesday by the Senate Armed Services on the abusive treatment of terrorism detainees.

Kleinman spoke with NPR's Robert Siegel about the situation he encountered when he was chosen to lead a team of interrogators questioning Iraqi insurgents during the early part of the war. He says he did not know until he arrived in Iraq that he would be witnessing an interrogation strategy that U.S. military personnel were trained to resist, in a program known as "SERE," to avoid techniques that produced bad intelligence.

Only macho cowboy swaggering douche bag presidents resort to torture. This woman was not trained to torture.

*clap, clap, clap, clap* Good job on ignoring the reality staring you right in the face, bitdrifter. "If I close my eyes then it doesn't exist" must be your mode of operation.

She was reprimanded for showing "empathy" towards the prisoners.

Even her army colleagues commented:

"The reactions to the suicide were that she was having a difficult time separating her personal feelings from her professional duties. That was the consistent point in the testimonies, that she objected to the interrogation techniques, without describing what those techniques were."

The blogger never, ever, says there is no evidence that the suicide is due to being asked to practice torture which s...

*clap, clap, clap, clap* Good job on ignoring the reality staring you right in the face, bitdrifter. "If I close my eyes then it doesn't exist" must be your mode of operation.

She was reprimanded for showing "empathy" towards the prisoners.

Even her army colleagues commented:

"The reactions to the suicide were that she was having a difficult time separating her personal feelings from her professional duties. That was the consistent point in the testimonies, that she objected to the interrogation techniques, without describing what those techniques were."

The blogger never, ever, says there is no evidence that the suicide is due to being asked to practice torture which she found objectionable. The blogger, if anything, lays out the evidence that being asked to commit torture was a central reason leading to her suicide.

We're pretty sure it wasn't because the mac and cheese served at the chow line was a little off that morning.