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1. It is my-- "defense of superior orders," in the jargon of military justice.
2. Don't know if the questioned act is legal.
3. I know the military intelligence community and other governmental agencies, including the CIA endorse this.
4. al-Qaeda detainees aren't protected under GC; Bush and Rumsfeld told me so. I can look the other way and not feel guilty.
5. I can stretch the confinements imposed on me as a guard/ interrogator- suggested by the MCJ, GC, NurhTrials and such, after all, my buddies outside this prison are shedding blood for freedom--these detainees (hint:prisoners) are mine.
