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To: i-node who wrote (393959)6/24/2008 9:35:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1584048
 
David, good thing the NYTimes checked to make sure that Deuce Martinez wasn't one of the "meaner" interrogators. From the editor's note:

> Mr. Martinez, a career analyst at the agency until his retirement a few years ago, did not directly participate in waterboarding or other harsh interrogation methods that critics describe as torture and, in fact, turned down an offer to be trained in such tactics.

I'm sure the terrorists will keep that in mind as they decide whether to go after Martinez and his family.

Tenchusatsu



To: i-node who wrote (393959)6/24/2008 9:52:57 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1584048
 
Editors' Note: June 22, 2008
The Central Intelligence Agency asked The New York Times not to publish the name of Deuce Martinez, an interrogator who questioned Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other high-level Al Qaeda prisoners, saying that to identify Mr. Martinez would invade his privacy and put him at risk of retaliation from terrorists or harassment from critics of the agency.

After discussion with agency officials and a lawyer for Mr. Martinez, the newspaper declined the request, noting that Mr. Martinez had never worked under cover and that others involved in the campaign against Al Qaeda have been named in news stories and books. The editors judged that the name was necessary for the credibility and completeness of the article.

The Times’s policy is to withhold the name of a news subject only very rarely, most often in the case of victims of sexual assault or intelligence officers operating under cover.

Mr. Martinez, a career analyst at the agency until his retirement a few years ago, did not directly participate in waterboarding or other harsh interrogation methods that critics describe as torture and, in fact, turned down an offer to be trained in such tactics.

The newspaper seriously considered the requests from Mr. Martinez and the agency. But in view of the experience of other government employees who have been named publicly in books and published articles or who have themselves chosen to go public, the newspaper made the decision to print the name.
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To: i-node who wrote (393959)6/25/2008 7:24:34 AM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 1584048
 
Massive hypocrisy there all right.