Причём тут Таиланд

[tijd.livejournal.com]

Джина Хаспел, номинированная Трампом на роль директора ЦРУ, является в своём деле профессионалом и среди сотрудников ЦРУ пользуется уважением. На ее репутации, однако, есть крупное пятно - во времена президентства Буша она была замешена в пытках заключённых в секретной тюрьме ЦРУ в Таиланде.

Just over a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, the C.I.A. dispatched the veteran clandestine officer Gina Haspel to oversee a secret prison in Thailand. Shortly after, agency contractors in the frantic hunt for the conspirators waterboarded a Qaeda suspect three times and subjected him to brutal interrogation techniques. Ms. Haspel’s time running the prison, code-named Cat’s Eye, began her deep involvement in the agency’s counterterrorism operations and showed her willingness to take part in the agency’s rendition, detention and interrogation program, which shaped her career. She was a rising star until that dark chapter in C.I.A. history began to emerge publicly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/politics/gina-haspel-cia-director-nominee-trump-torture-waterboarding.html



Программа пыток (так называемого “intense interrogation”) была одобрена администрацией Буша в 2001-2007 для борьбы с терроризмом. Некоторые подробности этой практики в ЦРУ были раскрыты в результате расследования Сената и опубликованы в 2014 несмотря на сопротивление республиканцев. Правозащитные организации - такие, как Human Rights Watch и Amnesty International - призвали к расследованию и наказанию всех виновных в этой практике, включая самого Буша.

“Today’s release once again makes crystal clear that the US government used torture. Torture is a crime and those responsible for crimes must be brought to justice.
This was not some rogue operation. This was a program, chilling in its detail, unlawful from day one, that gave the green light to commit the crimes under international law of torture and enforced disappearance–with impunity. It’s time for accountability, including a full investigation, prosecutions and remedy for victims.
Former President George W. Bush should have been investigated long ago for his role in authorizing this program, including his assertion since leaving office that he personally granted the CIA’s request to use waterboarding and other ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ against particular detainees. No person, however high the office they may have held, is above the rule of law.”
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/release-of-torture-report-underscores-need-for-accountability/

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