From: Andrew Phelps <dis_course@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [PsySR-humanrights] Obama Defends Jail Conditions for WikiLeaks Soldier - NYTimes.com
To: psysr-humanrights@googlegroups.com
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 8:37 PM
Ttt:
Actually my lived experience is that in the "inner circles" of the CIA/national security establishment it is standard to engage staff with "diplomatic" respect even if one personally considers them to be torturers or otherwise not deserving of respect.
President Obama consistently talks the talk of the national security culture, rather than deriving his rhetoric from self-derived principles for appropriate behavior.
Andrew
On Sat, 3/12/11, Ttt wrote:
My guess is that he is being fed information that such treatment is appropriate based on similar treatment in some of the US prisons for far less reasons.
On March 3, the Associated Press published the following news article:
Inmates who refuse haircuts sent to max security
By DENA POTTER, Associated Press Dena Potter,
Associated Press –
Thu Mar 3, 2011, 5:04 am ET