» Indefinite Detention Sacrifices Human Dignity
Lt. Col. Couch refused to prosecute the case because Slahi was tortured at Gitmo.
In the NOW interview, Lt. Col. Couch explains why resigned:
We cannot compromise our respect for the dignity of every human being. And that goes to somebody that is alleged to have committed heinous crimes against citizens of this country. That doesn’t change the immutable characteristic that they’re still a human being, and it’s a slippery slope that in the name of national security we decide to compromise that. If we compromise that, then al-Qaeda has been able to affect much more of an impact on this country than they have by driving a couple of planes into the World Trade Center or crashing one into the Pentagon. Because they’ve torn at the very fabric of who we are as Americans.
September 09, 2009, 5:59pm Link
