May 7, 2006
OH YEAH, WELL WE REFUSE YOUR REJECTION
US rebuffs torture questions before UN committee (Sam Cage, The Scotsman, March 7th, 2006)
The United Nations yesterday grilled American officials over claims that the United States has broken the global ban on torture during the war on terror.The UN Committee Against Torture, the watchdog for a 22-year-old treaty forbidding prisoner abuse, rejected US refusals to discuss intelligence matters, such as alleged secret CIA prisons and flights transferring suspects for possible torture in other countries. [...]
Andreas Mavrommatis, the chairman of the committee, said although he could understand that intelligence matters needed careful treatment, "they are not excluded" from scrutiny.
"If during intelligence activities there is a violation of the convention, it's our duty to investigate them and your duty to answer," he said.
No one knows better than we Canadians how much fun it can be to reject US refusals, but don’t these guys feel even the slightest bit ridiculous?
Posted by Peter Burnet at May 7, 2006 12:52 PMDare I ask who's on said committee?
Given that it's the UN, I'm guessing China, Cuba, the Sudan, etc.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at May 7, 2006 1:25 PMThey rejected our refusal? Well, I for one am simply shaking in my slippers over that.
Posted by: Mikey at May 7, 2006 4:03 PMWe should fully disclose our torture incidents after the UN looked into the Chinese death camps, live donor organ transplant programs, and Hamas' head chopping programs.
Posted by: ic at May 7, 2006 4:54 PM"We refuse."
"We reject your refusal."
"We object to your rejection of our refusal."
"We refute your objection to our rejection of your refusal."
"We disavow your refutation of our objection to your rejection of our refusal."
"We rebut your disavowal of...where was I?"
...
"After you, Stanley."
"No; after you Oliver."
"No, no; after you, Stanley."
"I insist, Oliver; after you."...