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 know Zubaydah's treatment in Thailand exceeded Bybee memo, therefore was not "legal". Whoever did that could not, now, say they just did what DOJ authorized. 2/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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