2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 7, 2006 NATION/WORLD Bush admits to secret prisons NEWS IN BRIEF 4 Bush: Tough interrogation was used to get terrorists to reveal plots WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush acknowledged yesterday for the first time that the CIA runs secret prisons over- seas and said tough interrogation forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies. Bushsaid14suspects - includ- ing the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and architects of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania - had been turned over to the Defense Department and moved to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial. Bush said the CIA program "has helped us to take potential mass murderers off the streets before they were able to kill." Releasing information declassi- fied just hours earlier, Bush said the capture of one terrorist just months after the Sept. 11 attacks had led to the capture of anoth- er and then another, and had revealed planning for attacks using airplanes, car bombs and anthrax. Nearing the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, Bush pressed Con- gress to quickly pass admin- istration-drafted legislation authorizing the use of military commissions for trials of terror suspects. Legislation is needed because the Supreme Court in June said the administration's plan for trying detainees in mili- tary tribunals violated U.S. and international law. "These are dangerous men with unparalleled knowledge about terrorist networks and their plans for new attacks,' Bush said, defending the CIA program he authorized after the Sept. 11 attacks. "The security of our nation and the lives of our citizens depend on our ability to learn what these terrorists know." The president's speech, his third in a recent series about the war on terror, gave him an opportunity to shore up his administration's credentials on national security two months before congressional elections at a time when Americans are growing weary of the war in Iraq. Democrats,hoping tomakethe elections a referendum on Bush's policies in Iraq and the war on terror, urged anew that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be made to step down. With the transfer of the 14 men to Guantanamo, there cur- rently are no detainees being held by the CIA, Bush said. A senior administration official said the CIA had detained fewer than 100 suspected terrorists in the history of the program. Still, Bush said that "having a CIA program for question- ing terrorists will continue to be crucial to getting lifesaving information." Some Democrats and human rights groups have said the CIA's secret prison system did not allow monitoring for abuses and they hoped that it would be shut down. The president declined to dis- close the location or details of the detainees' confinement, or the interrogation techniques. President Bushc "I cannot describe the specific Room of the Wh methods used - I think you understand why," Bush said in Sheikh Mohamm the East Room where families Sept. 11 masterm of some of those who died in the Ramzi Binalshib Sept. 11 attacks gathered to hear would-be 9/11 hij his speech. Zubaydah, whoA "If I did, it would help the ter- be a link betwe rorists learn how to resist ques- Laden and many tioning, and to keep information "Were it not fo from us that we need to prevent our intelligence new attacks on our country. But believes that al- I can say the procedures were allies would have tough, and they were safe, and launching another lawful and nec-_ essary". . "The security of Bush insisted that the detain- our nation and ees were not tortured. the lives of our "I want to be absolutely clear citizens depend with our people, and the world: on our ability to The United learn what these States does not torture," terrorists know" Bush said. "It's against our laws, and - President Bush it's against our values. I have not authorized it, and I will not sense of docum authorize it." voice recordingsa Bush said the information the meaning of te] from terrorists in CIA custody nications, al-Qaidz has played a role in the capture and hiding places, or questioning of nearly every The adminis senior al-Qaida member or asso- refused until nos ciate detained by the U.S. and its edge the existenc allies since the program began. ons. Bush said He said they include Khalid public because A M . ' : - --- - -3:~- CHICAGO Former Ill. gov sentenced to 6 1/2 years Former Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sen- tenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years behind bars in the corruption scandal that ruined his political career. "When they elected me as the governor of this state, they expected better, and I let 'em down and for that I apologize," the 72-year-old Republican said in court before hearing his sentence. Federal prosecutors had asked for eight to 10 years in prison. Defense attor- neys argued that even 2 1/2 years would deprive Ryan of the last healthy years of his life. "Government leaders have an obligation to stand as the example. Mr[ Ryan failed to meet that standard," U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pall- meyer said. delivers a speech or ite House In Washin ed, the accused Stat ind, as well as que bh, an alleged also acker, and Abu had was believed to Sup en Osama bin B al-Qaida cells. posi r this program, sho e community says Qaida and its H e succeeded in hail r attack against ers, the Ameri- wou can home- terr land," Bush "l said. thes He said crir interrogators Whi have suc- "Rai ceeded in swot getting infor- Stat mation that info has helped opp make photo H identifica- Mis tions, pin- thel point terrorist mitt hiding plac- push es, provide on t ways to make trial sents, identify er B and understand the rrorist commu- Supi s's travel routes T pror stration had ate w to acknowl- GO] e of CIA pris- Johr he was going ham the United pose BAGHDAD Top Iraqi al-Qaida leader was arrested mJune The U.S. military said yesterday the arrest of al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command took place in June and was the most significant blow to the terror network since the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al- Zarqawi. AP PHOTO Violence continued around the country, with at least 28 people dying ini n terrorism in the East shootings and bombings that also wounded at least 53. - gton yesterday. Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell said Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, alsd known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was captured on June 19. es has largely completed "As with most terrorists that are picked up, they are not initially announced stioning the suspects, and as being captured because of the intelligence value that is normally gained because the CIA program from somebody not knowing that they are in fact in Iraqi government con- been jeopardized by the tro," Caldwell said. "There are other people in captivity right now who are not reme Court ruling. announced." ush also laid out his pro- al for how trials for detainees JERUSALEM uld be conducted, a plan he ensures fairness. Israel to lift Lebanese air and sea blockade is proposed legislation was Israel said it would lift its stifling air and sea blockade of Lebanon today, marking ed by some Senate lead- a crucial breakthrough in international efforts to rebuild from the war between Israel' but other lawmakers said it and Hezbollah guerrillas. ild curtails certain rights of The move, announced yesterday by the prime minister's office, will be the first or suspects. major test for the U.N. force charged with keeping the peace and preventing arms- It's important to remember shipments from reaching Hezbollah. e defendants are not common It was also a victory for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who has repeated- ninals," said Senate Majority ly demanded that Israel end the blockade, and showed some disagreements can be ip Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.) resolved with U.N. mediation. Israel is slowly pulling its troops out of southern Leba ther, many are terrorists, non as international peacekeepers arrive. rn enemies of the United However, a deal on the thorniest issue - the returnof two Israeli soldiers whose July es who would gladly use any 12 capture sparked the fighting - will be far more difficult to broker, since Israel has rmation to harm us, and any demanded their unconditional release but Hezbollah has insisted on a prisoner swap. ortunity to strike us again." CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. owever, Rep. Ike Skelton of souri, senior Democrat on Launch of shuttle Atlantis postponed again House Armed Services Com- ee, said Congress was being An electrical problem forced NASA to postpone yesterday liftoff of the hed to make a hasty decision space shuttle Atlantis yet again, and engineers faced with a tight launch sched- he plan for special military ule struggled to understand the problem. s. Skelton questioned wheth- About 11 hours before the scheduled midday launch, engineers discovered ush's approach would meet that a coolant pump that chills one of the shuttle's three electricity-generating requirements laid out by the fuel cells was giving an erratic reading. NASA rules say all three fuel cells reme Court. must be working to launch, and if one fails in orbit, the shuttle must come home he proposal is likely to promptly. mpt a showdown on the Sen- NASA officials met for hours during the afternoon to figure out whether floor among Republicans. they could fix the problem, whether they could safely ignore it, or whether they P moderates John Warner, would have to put the flight on hold for perhaps weeks. n McCain and Lindsey Gra- - Compiledfrom Daily wire reports have drafted a rival pro- al. 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Delayed more than a year amid criticism of the Defense Department's treatment of prisoners, the revised Army Field Manual released yesterday spdates a 1992 version. It also explicitly bans beating prisoners, sexually humiliating them, threat- ening them with dogs, depriving them of food or water, performing mock executions, shocking them with electricity, burning them, causing other painj and a technique called "water boarding" that simulates drowning, saidj Lt. Gen. John ,Kimmons, Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. Officials said the revi- sions are based on lessons learned since the U.S. began taking prisoners after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Release of the manual came amid a flurry of announcements about U.S. handling of prisoners, which has drawn criticism from Bush administration critics as well as domestic and international allies. The Pentagon also announced an overall policy statement on pris- oner operations. 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