Saturday - March 17, 2007

Satan's Saturday Hell and Brimstone:  Carl Levin and Lindsay Graham 

Or Waterboarding Apparently Works 

Senators Carl Levin and Lindsay Graham feels that Khaled Sheikh Muhammad's accusations of torture while at Guantanamo, should be investigated.

Levin, D-Detroit, and Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., watched by video from a nearby room during the hearing on the status of Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, an al-Qaida operative. Muhammad admitted during the hearing that he led planning and training for the 9/11 attacks and other terrorist acts against the United States.

The senators' presence at the hearing, held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was first reported Friday by the Washington Post. Neither the lawmakers nor the military had disclosed their presence at the hearing, which was closed to the media and other observers.

In a joint statement, Levin and Graham said Muhammad presented a written statement alleging he was mistreated in U.S. custody before arriving at Guantanamo Bay, a statement the senators said was made part of the classified record of the hearing. "Allegations of prisoner mistreatment must be taken seriously and properly investigated. To do otherwise would reflect poorly on our nation," Levin and Graham said in their statement.