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Friday, April 14, 2006

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What Rumsfeld knew

In a sworn statement to the inspector general, Lt. Gen. Randall M. Schmidt described Rumsfeld as "personally involved" in the interrogation of Mohammed al-Kahtani and said that the defense secretary was "talking weekly" with Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Millerr. Schmidt said he concluded that Rumsfeld did not specifically prescribe the more "creative" interrogation methods used on Kahtani. But he added that the open-ended policies Rumsfeld approved, and the apparent lack of supervision of day-to-day interrogations, permitted the abusive conduct to take place. "Where is the throttle on this stuff?" asked Schmidt, an Air Force fighter pilot, who said in his interview under oath with the inspector general that he had concerns about the length and repetition of the harsh interrogation methods. "There were no limits."

Donald Rumsfeld is not cute. I would not even put him in a corner.