Day: May 9, 2009

Medical professionals involved in Gitmo interrogations

/ Kevin B. O'Reilly

My lede:

Health care professionals, some of whom may have been physicians, played a role in the coercive interrogations of suspected terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, according to recently circulated documents from the International Committee of the Red Cross and President George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel.

The reports, made public in April, showed that medical professionals were charged with monitoring detainees’ health during interrogations in which prisoners were forced to stand in stressful positions for extended periods, slammed into walls and suffocated using a technique known as waterboarding. Psychologists helped devise the aggressive interrogation tactics that the Red Cross report said amounted to torture.

The whole shebang.

Eight simple reasons why I’m jealous of my dog

/ Kevin B. O'Reilly

Bob has got a lot going for him, the way I see it:

  1. He is gorgeous.
  2. He regularly draws positive attention and fondling from women.
  3. He sleeps, and wakes up, whenever he wants.
  4. He doesn’t need to worry about managing his diet.
  5. To achieve that slim summer look, all Bob needs to do is get a haircut. Shorn of all that fluff, he looks about 20 pounds lighter.
  6. His tongue has an impressive reach.
  7. He never says the wrong thing.
  8. He is highly unlikely to outlive the people he loves.