Since Pistole took over, there has definitely been an increase in the procedures at the TSA which push way past the limits of decency, and I would argue our founding fathers would have never allowed this anyway. Pistole entered this role not as the instigator, as these plans were in place long before, but as an enforcer. It is his role at the FBI that made him perfect for this role. He played a key role in demonizing our soldiers at GITMO, while ensuring the captives at GITMO were given respect and rights while I soldiers were shamed for trying to gain intelligence to prevent a future attack.
Now he is in charge of an organization that continues to demonize Americans, turning citizens into possible terrorists suspects without any probable cause other than they are boarding a flight somewhere, perhaps to spend time with family, friends, go on vacation, or even engage in American commerce. So it was Pistole who helped write the memo that instructed soldiers at GITMO and Abu Ghrarib to stand down on the inmates and relax methods, that were spun as torture, used to get information from them. Ironic, now Americans are the victims of Pistole's humiliating tactics at airports across the United States.
Consider this passage from the Abu Grahib investigation, which led to the Pistole FBI memo on interrogation of terrorists held captive by American soldiers. The investigation also supports the idea that soldiers believed that placing hoods on detainees, forcing them to appear nude in front of women and sexually humiliating them were approved interrogation techniques for use on detainees.
Pistole assisted in the memo to end these types of interrogations, yet, look what he has instigated in our airports, total humiliation, which he wouldn't even subject racial Islamic terrorists to. And he's on record today saying these methods used by the TSA at the airports aren't going away any time soon.
“In the short term there will not be any changes,” said Pistole on CNN Monday. “But what I’m looking at is how we will best use the information we have with the intelligence from overseas … that coupled with the thoroughness that we believe is appropriate … we’re looking at there to see if there’s any basis for any way we can modify yet provide that level of security.”
Here is Pistole's memo written after Abu Graib and directed also at GITMO. As you read it, remind yourself how Pistole's TSA police state force you into compliance with threats and really physical abuse since no one on the street has the right to grope you:
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: PRIORITY Date: 05/19/2004
To: All Divisions
Attn: ADIC
AD
DAD
SAC
CDC
From: General Counsel b2-1
Contact: -- b6 -1
Approved By: Pistole John S
Caproni Valerie E VC b7c -1
Drafted By: --
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Case ID #: (U) 66F-HQ-A1258990 86
Title: (U) Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees
Synopsis: (U) In light of the widely publicized abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq, this ED reiterated and memorializes existing FBI policy with regard to the interrogation of prisoners, detainees, or persons under United States control (collectively "detainees"). These guideliens serve as a reminder of existing FBI policy that has consistently provided that FBI personel may not obtain statements during interrogations by the use of force, threats, physical abuse, threats of such abuse or severe physical conditions. In addition, this EC sets forth reporting requirements for known or suspected abuse or mistreatment of detainees.
Details: (U) FBI personnel posted abroad come into contact with detainees in a variety of situations. Persons being detained or otherwise held in the custody of the United States are entitled to varying levels of procedural rights depending upon their situation or category of detention (e.g., unlawful combatant, prisoner of war). Although procedural rights, such as Miranda rights, do not apply in all situations overseas, certain minimum standards of treatment apply in all cases.
Applicability: (U) FBI personnel and personnel under FBI supervision deployed in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Afghanistan or any other foreign location where similar detention and interrogation issues arise are to follow FBI policies and guidelines for the treatment of detainees
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 05-22-2004 BY -
DETAINEES-1386
1399
To: All Field Offices From General Counsel
Re: (U) 66F-HQ-A1258990, 05/19/2004
FBI Policy: (U) "It is the policy of the FBI that no attempt be made to obtain a statement by force, threats, or promises." FBI Legal Handbook for Special Agents, 7-2.1 (1997). A person's status determines the type and extent of due process rights accorded by the FBI, such as right to counsel or advisement of rights. Regardless of status, all persons interrogated or interviewed by FBI personnel must be treated in accordance with FBI policy at all times. It is the policy of the FBI that no interrogation of detainees, regardless of status, shall be conducted using methods which could be interpreted as inherently coercive, such as physical abuse or the threat of such abuse to the person being interrogated or to any third party, or imposing severe physical conditions See, FBI Legal Handbook Section 7-2.2.
Joint Custody or Interrogation: (U) FBI personnel who participate in interrogations with non-FBI personnel or who participate in interrogations of persons detained jointly by FBI and non-FBI agencies or entities shall at all times comply with FBI policy for the treatment of persons detained FBI personnel shall not participate in any treatment of use any interrogation technique that is in violation of these guidelines regardless of whether the co-interrogator is in compliance with his or her own guidelines. If a co-interrogator is complying with the rules of his or her agency, but it is not in compliance with FBI rules, FBI personnel may not participate in the interrogation and must remove themselves from the situation.
Reporting of Violations: (U) If an FBI employee knows or suspects non-FBI personnel has abused or is abusing or mistreating a detainee, the FBI emplyee must report the incident to the FBI on-scene commander, who shall report the situation to the appropriate FBI headquarters chain of commande. FBI Headquarters is responsible for further follow up with the other party.
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DETAINEES-1387
1400
To: All Field Offices From. General Counsel
Re. (U) 66F-HQ-A1258990, 05/19/2004
LEADS:
Set Lead 1 (INFO)
ALL RECEIVING OFFICES
(U) Distribute to all personnel.
Set Lead 2 (INFO)
COUNTERTERRORISM
AT WASHINGTON, DC
(U) To be distributed to all FBI personnel who are now, or in the future are, detailed to Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or Afghanistan or other foreign locations in which similar detention and interrogation issues may arise.
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DETAINEES-1388 '1401'
