All: WRT The ProPublica correction on Gina Haspel. It is correct that torturing one person not two is still torturing someone. But there is a crucial difference bt Zubaydah and Nashiri. 1/n
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We don't know whether Nashiri's torture, in Thailand, stayed within bounds of memo. We know his later treatment did not, but that would have been after he was shipped onto someone else. 3/n
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So the Zubaydah and Nashiri v just Nashiri is about whether Haspel can credibly claim everything she oversaw was authorized by Bybee memo. It doesn't change fact of torture, or her role in coverup, but it does go to claim it was "legal." 4/4
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It seems plausible that this, from the IG report, applies to Nashiri's waterboarding too. But no way to be sure without more disclosure of info.pic.twitter.com/WZMNeD038a
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As I said, we don't know. One of my biggest questions about Nashiri's treatment is why not even PapaDick and BabyDick claim his waterboarding was effective.
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Thanks for explaining it all. I get the importance of being able to pull the "I was following orders" thing... But, "legal" or not, hard for me not to be disturbed by the accounts that she was, uh, enjoying herself doing that shit...
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That's a description of the person overseeing Zubadayah's torture, so not her.
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Hmm. I wasn't referring to any one specific description. There were multiple accounts though, no? Rand Paul's "gleeful joy" - was that also based on incorrect attribution? - admittedly, not a pro, just a news-consuming, click-bait biting monkey here...
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The coverup alone, especially in this administraion, is easily enough for me to think she is not qualified.
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