"Doug Feith—former undersecretary of defense for policy—has been described as an "intellectual engine" (by his former boss Don Rumsfeld) and, famously, "the fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth" (by Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan).
"The reason Feith has been summoned to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is that he was allegedly one of the men who saw to it that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, including Common Article 3 of the conventions, which bars humiliating and degrading treatment of prisoners.
"I imagine you can apply ["Category II" techniques] in a humane fashion," replies Feith. "Removal of clothing," he quotes from the laundry list, "doesn't mean naked." Interrogators are free to remove prisoners' top hats and monocles, but they may go no further. What about subjecting prisoners to "stress positions," such as hours of forced standing? Feith notes that in police stations, American citizens are subject to "stress" every day."
http://www.slate.com/id/2195383/
"The International Committee of the Red Cross concluded last year that CIA interrogation methods for al-Qaida detainees were "categorically" torture, according to a new book by New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer. "
http://www.slate.com/id/2195310/
