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High-value suspect

Wed, 2006-03-15 00:16 — fish
Here is the headline of a piece in the WaPo written by Josh White:Detainee in Photo With Dog Was 'High-Value' SuspectOne might get a sense that maybe just a little torture might be okay if he really was a "high-value" suspect, eh? The second paragraph reads like this:
Although officials characterized the other detainees who appeared in the Abu Ghraib photographs as common criminals and rioters, the orange-clad detainee seen cowering before the dog was different. Detainee No. 155148 was considered a high-value intelligence source suspected of having close ties to al-Qaeda. According to interviews, sworn statements from soldiers and military documents obtained by The Washington Post, Ashraf Abdullah Ahsy was at the center of a military intelligence "special project" designed to break him down, and was considered important enough that his interrogation was mentioned in a briefing to high-ranking intelligence officials at the Pentagon.
Gee, I feel my resolve weakening, maybe just the dogs, but nothing more okay? At least he was a "high-value" suspect so he had it coming.To be fair, the article is discussing that there is growing evidence that there were standing orders to torture detainees to obtain information. But the spin is that it was being used on "high-value" suspects. If you still have a stomach after swallowing all that bullshit and make it all the way to the end of the article, here is the last two paragraphs:
Ahsy was referred to by the nicknames "al-Qaeda" and "Ashy," and was "considered a big fish for a while," according to Pappas's statement. Pappas said he received "several briefings on this particular detainee." He also said that during a briefing for Pentagon intelligence generals, an interrogator "stated he was in a rapport-building process with Ashy," although there was no mention of using dogs.Military officials in Baghdad said Ahsy was released from custody in October 2004 -- 10 months after his capture -- but declined to elaborate.
Whoopsie!This article is despicible for what it is doing. It is burying the fact that these soldiers were torturing what appears to be an innocent man. Not until the very last paragraph do we hear anything but "high-value" suspect. Josh White should be ashamed of himself.
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