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To: SilentZ who wrote (188597)	5/15/2004 10:48:59 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

Friedman has been right about a lot where this war has been concerned. But he has also been chronically political in his columns. This is but one more. Why didn't the administration ever use 9/11 as a spur to launch a Manhattan project for energy independence and conservation, so we could break out of our addiction to crude oil, slowly disengage from this region and speak truth to fundamentalist regimes, such as Saudi Arabia? LMAO. Now, all of a sudden, the energy problem is one BUSH should have addressed (while dealing with 9/11). Why didn't Clinton do something about it? Remember him opening the reserve to help Gore out. Now, we have Bush standing on his principles and refusing to do so because the national reserve was intended for emergencies, not for political expediency.

To: SilentZ who wrote (188597)	5/16/2004 4:08:18 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 1576600

zofsilence, That was a good article by Friedman. Intelligence officers possibly involved in torture: news.yahoo.com " "Nicolai" — one of the intelligence officers who he says directed the torture in Cellblock I/A, where he spent all but one month of his time in Abu Ghraib. " ... "There was an intelligence officer named Steven who had a goatee and was in charge of the torture. He would tell the torturers, 'this guy had enough or that guy should be tortured more,'" Saleh said. After the inmates were "softened up" by torture, the interrogations began. "One of the interrogators was a guy by the name of Carlos and there were Mrs. Liz and Staff Sgt. Chris," a woman, he said. news.yahoo.com