Al-Qaeda suspects were brought to the 'point of death' during 'real torture' by CIA

[sarisataka]

55. Law of war

The oath says to obey all lawful orders- not just US law.

Being in an MP unit we too dealt with captives and even did some field interrogation. We never felt we had to hide what we were doing. Most useful information was gained in simple conversation with a few simple deceptions.

We did have "specialists" come for some interrogations. When they said we had to leave for the interrogation our answer was GFY. The prisoners were our responsibility and while they did not need to be coddled, we were going to be sure they were treated humanely.

To say you are following law as interpreted... and told what you can and cannot do is the "following orders" cop out. You must decide for yourself what is too much. Our unit did that as a whole and came to a consensus. We supported each other in our choices, from CO on down. We left knowing that we had nothing to be ashamed of, felt we had to hide and that our charges were taken care of legally and morally.

We also gained useful intelligence at the same time.