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To: Dayuhan who wrote (9329)	5/21/1999 1:21:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Steve, A bit better, but you're still stereotyping. Cruelty and torture are normally performed in secrecy, with few witnesses remaining. Thus, you will not find an open policy being stated that permits or cordones use of such abuse by either US parties or foreigners. Does that mean that certain people don't wind up looking the other direction with abuses occur?? Neither of us believe that. But there is simply no way that you can state that all students who have attended American military schools are torturers or murderers. Some are and some aren't. Some are corrupt, some aren't. Some US folks are corrupt and others aren't. Simple as that. What you should be arguing is why certain leaders in the US permitted these abusive acts to go unpunished. Not trying to say that it was official US policy that we would train forces to willingly carry out torture. I been around some of those folks who either were formerly or are presently engaged in some foreign training activity. There isn't one sane one of them who would condone abusive activities. I'm quite familiar with some of the military interrogation courses that are taught. The first thing that is emphasized is that information extracted through the use of torture is unreliable and not to be trusted. I would tend to believe that the same material is taught to foreign students. Regards, Ron