Douglas Feith, the Former Undersecretary of Defense Policy, says that Phillipe Sands’ book, “Torture Team,” is filled with errors and does not reflect the truth about the Bush administration’s role in interrogation tactics. (0:37)
At a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on harsh interrogation tactics, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) says that there has been so little information given on the topic that perhaps the White House drinking water causes amnesia. He goes on to say that the facts henceforth gathered reveal a “disturbing” picture. (0:57)
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held its fourth hearing on Guantanamo Bay Interrogation Rules. Subpoenaed former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith gave testimony to counter accusations that he encouraged inhumane interrogation techniques. (more…)
At a meeting of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) says that Douglas Feith, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, made an “affront” against the Committee and the American people when he did not show up to give testimony at a hearing last week on abusive interrogation techniques.(0:58)
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties met to discuss the issuance of a subpoena to Douglas Feith, the former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Feith was scheduled to give witness at a hearing last Wednesday, but canceled his appearance four hours before its scheduled time. The hearing was for discussion of the Bush Administration’s role in authorizing the use of abusive interrogation policies. (more…)
The investigation into the administration’s interrogation policies and legal justifications continued before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Chairman Jerrold Nadler was concerned that America’s national security and values have not been well served by ‘legally suspect policies.’ (more…)
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith says that he sometimes wonders why more probing questions were not asked to expose the error of assuming Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. He says that part of the answer is that the conclusion the CIA came to about stockpiles made a lot of sense under the circumstances, and that there was a powerful logic to support the conclusions. He says it was perfectly logical to assume Saddam had something to hide, since he fought the inspectors and wanted out from under the economic sanctions. (1:20)
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith says that nobody in the administration believed that Iraq was responsible for the attacks of Sept. 11, and that the controversy of Iraq’s ties to al-Qaida was not an enormous influence on going to war. He says that the rationale of the war relating to terrorism had to do with Saddam’s long history of training terrorist groups in Iraq and promoting terrorism. (1:11)
