The Interrogation of the Detainees

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is assigning assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham to lead the review of potential criminal charges based on some documents released by the Justice Department on some of the CIA's interrogation methods of the detainees from both Iraq and Afghanistan. There's been allegations that the September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was threatened by a CIA officer that the officer would kill the children of Mohammad. There were supposed threats against the detainees, who were hooded, shackled and naked. They were detailed in a new round of documents by the Justice Department.

Whether or not any of the allegations just mentioned are true we can't say. It's just speculation right now. However, I don't like all the media speculation in regards to the enhanced interrogation techniques because it puts America's military in a bad light. Ever since we've fought the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, our military's interrogation techniques have been attacked by the ACLU, MoveOn.org with George Soros, and even members of Congress. This does nothing but distract us from trying to find and defeat Al-Qaeda. I don't deny that mistakes were made when it comes to the judgment of the CIA in regards to the types of techniques used in extracting information from the detainees.

I remember when the Abu Grhaib scandal took place back in 2004. The media showed pictures of the Iraqi prisoners being naked and showed some of our soldiers using lewd acts when it came to extracting information from the prisoners. I am opposed to any type of sexual act or any interrogation tactics that have anything to do with sex or nakedness, etc. Those tactics are morally wrong and against God's word. However, there is a chain of command in our military that should deal with interrogation violations and they should do it privately without proclaiming it to the world. We're still fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. It doesn't serve our cause when the media is so eager to reveal to the world all the techniques we use to interrogate prisoners. That ruins our cause. Our media is doing nothing but siding with the enemy in publishing that kind of information. Our media wouldn't have done that in World War II. They would've been charged with treason.

The ACLU, Media Matters, and these left-leaning liberal groups believe it's wrong to use enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, for example, to extract information from the prisoners. They claim it's torture. It doesn't make sense. If some of these prisoners may have some valid information in regards to a possible future attack on America, it's worth doing whatever is necessary to force that prisoner to reveal the enemy's plans. The prisoners aren't going to easily reveal enemy secrets. They must be placed in tough situations where they'll be forced to reveal enemy secrets. It's amazing how the media is so concerned how the United States treats enemy combatants. However, the American media wasn't conerned over the beheadings that took place in Iraq a few years ago where Nick Berg was beheaded. Why doesn't the media complain about Iraq's human rights violations? During the Vietnam War, those that were in charge of interrogating prisoners from Hanoi Hilton used tortorous methods on American soldiers. John McCain was brutally tortured as a prisoner of war. Why didn't the media complain about the rough treatment the North Vietnamese gave to America's soldiers and their human rights violations?

There have been many Congressmen, Senators, and even some media figures that have visited Gitmo in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and most of them said the conditions weren't what the ACLU and those left-leaning groups would have you to believe. All the detainess have three square meals a day, have special times when they can pray to Allah. It's better than any prisoner of war camp in this world.

There is a proper system involved when it comes to interrogating prisoners. The CIA, the army Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other military members should meet together to discuss certain techniques used to interrogate prisoners. I believe it should be a closed-door deal. They should discuss what types of techniques should and shouldn't be used. They can work those types of details out together. The American media shouldn't be reporting this kind of information to the American public now since our troops are still in Iraq and Afghanistan. I believe this kind of information should be classified. After the American troops are out of harm's way in both Iraq and Afghanistan, then it wouldn't be an issue if information about the techniques used in interrogating the detainees was published before the American people. However, those types of techniques should be published after the fact. The safety and well-being of our troops are more important than for the public to know all the details that take place when it comes to the currents wars we're fighting. The media shouldn't reveal any information that would aid the enemy. If Attorney General Holder goes through with his plans to bring criminal charges in detainee abuse cases, it will be a setback for the war effort as well as America's national security.