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[bryant]

Possibly it's time to come to the conclusion that our government is not very good at preventing prisoner abuses. Yes, it happens occasionally, and a single incident doesn't mean it's endemic. But when DIA agents are being threatened in order to keep it quiet, and when the FBI is concerned about generally used coercive techniques, there is a clear problem.

I manage people for a living. After a certain point, if a given problematic behavior pattern repeats, I figure out what the root cause is and I fix it. I do not say "well, that's just one incident; it's bound to happen now and again." If you don't think that torture is acceptable, you've got to ask why Donald Rumsfeld continues to allow this pattern to persist. And, of course, why George Bush doesn't correct Rumsfeld's failure to act.

Not complicated.

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[sebastian-tombs.livejournal.com]

I have no idea whether the government is any good at preventing prisoner abuses.

When they show some vague desire to prevent any, we can see how good they are at it - until then, its just another one of the mysteries of American life, I guess.

[bryant]

Heh. Touche.

[tayefeth.livejournal.com]

why George Bush doesn't correct Rumsfeld's failure to act.

Because accountability is for third-graders, not Secretaries of Defense.