The Stamford Advocate reports that Congressman Chris Shays said the following in a debate with Dianne Ferral:
Now I've seen what happened in Abu Ghraib, and Abu Ghraib was not torture. It was outrageous, outrageous involvement of National Guard troops from (Maryland) who were involved in a sex ring and they took pictures of soldiers who were naked. And they did other things that were just outrageous. But it wasn't torture.
This is disgusting coming from a sitting congressman who saw more of the pictures from Abu Ghraib especially because we were told that they were too provocative and the American people did not need to see them. It is also disgusting because Senator Graham said that the pictures depicted rape and murder.
If dog leashes around the neck and sexual humiliation aren't torture, congressman, than what is torture?
Well shays did define torture when asked as "anything that could cause mental or physical pain or sleep deprivation" and claimed that he had only seen 600 photos and not the ones that were the worst.
Even if he attributed the behavior to a sex ring among the Maryland National Guard wasn't the things they done designed to cause mental and/or physical pain? Perverts use sex for power and not that for which it was meant.
A dog leash around the neck? Is this not meant to at least cause mental pain by placing the detainee in a humiliating position? IF they pull the leash a little too tight does that not risk physical pain?
This is outrageous and should not be stood for from our elected officials.
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