US Lawyer madness
Charles Graner, alleged baddest of the bad apples of Abu Ghraib, went on trial Tuesday:<<The prosecution showed some of the photos taken at Abu Ghraib in their opening argument, including several of naked Iraqi men piled on each other and another of [Lynndie] England holding a crawling naked Iraqi man on a leash.
In his opening arguments, [Graner’s military attorney, Guy Womack] said using a tether was a valid method of controlling detainees, especially those who might be soiled with feces.
“You’re keeping control of them. A tether is a valid control to be used in corrections,” he said. “In Texas we’d lasso them and drag them out of there.” He compared the leash to parents who place tethers on their toddlers while walking in shopping malls.
Referring to stacking the prisoners, Womack said: “Don’t cheerleaders all over America form pyramids six to eight times a year? Is that torture?”>>
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