Word: sanchez
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...expensive and even haunted by terrorists. Nonetheless, I am grateful that we are able to choose directly our government leaders, regardless of whether they are smart or stupid. I know of a number of other countries that can only dream of the democracy that the Filipino people enjoy. Gelan Sanchez Talledo Bacolod City, the Philippines...
...Committee released a one-page document, "Interrogation Rules of Engagement," which the Pentagon claimed was produced by minor officers in the prison's military-intelligence brigade, that went into effect right after Miller's visit. The right column of the page outlined rough practices that could be used if Sanchez personally approved them. The list included sleep deprivation, stress positions, lengthy isolation, dietary manipulation and the presence of military dogs during questioning. Red Cross officials said most of those methods are banned under the Geneva Conventions...
...Wolfowitz claimed they knew nothing of the tougher techniques allowing hard-pressure tactics. Though they have uncovered no paper trail, Senators were openly skeptical that Cambone and his bosses would have been in the dark about the procedures, since Miller reported directly to the Pentagon. Other Pentagon officials said Sanchez, at any rate, had never given anyone explicit permission to use such methods. And Rumsfeld told Senators that Pentagon lawyers had checked the rules thoroughly before judging Sanchez's list to be "consistent" with the Geneva Conventions. But according to Scott Horton of the Association...
...RICARDO SANCHEZ...
...commander of U.S. forces in Iraq adopted some of Miller's suggestions last fall as military-intelligence officers took charge of a section of Abu Ghraib. MPs were told to help interrogators "set the conditions." Sanchez tweaked some of Miller's suggestions because Iraqi prisoners, unlike those at Guantanamo, are covered by the Geneva Conventions. The Pentagon says the more severe tactics it allowed--like putting prisoners into stressful positions--were never officially used...