U.S. admits to secret interrogation site in Baghdad
That's not to say somebody didn't get their head dunked in the water.
Wow, whodathunkit? The US maintaining a secret interrogation facility. (OK, cue the Claude Rains clip: "I am SHOCKED...SHOCKED that there is gambling taking place....") That whoosh you just heard was the last shred of American credibility beating a hasty exit....
[A] senior U.S. official Friday confirmed that a previously undisclosed U.S. military interrogation facility at or near Baghdad International Airport does indeed exist.
The official said the site was run in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and all detainees were afforded their rights under that international document....
The existence of such a facility has long been rumored and has been the subject of recent media reports. NBC News on Thursday reported the existence of the site and that Iraqis were abused there.
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the coalition spokesman in Baghdad, Friday denied the NBC report's claims of abusive interrogation techniques being used at the site, saying that "any suggestion that torture is used is false and offensive."
Right. And Americans would NEVER dream of engaging in offensive behavior, would they??
