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CIA accused of detaining an innocent man.
>>...senior U.S. officials tell NBC News that the CIA realized early on [that] it had the wrong man ? but kept him in prison anyway. They say he was kept in the primitive prison for more than a month after CIA director George Tenet was informed of the case, while officials tried to figure out a way to fix their mistake.
Another triumph for the moral high ground! </sarcasm>
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they let him go as soon as they realize their mistake.
"sorry" doesn't "cut it" after they knew.
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IS there someone you need to punish? Someone screwed up. Then a mistake was suspected. Then it was conveyed to Washington what had happened. Then it was fixed.
Like I said, for a bureaucracy PDQ.
But I suppose someone must be beaten. Who?
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The people that are responsible.
"They" do know who is responsible,
Don't "they"?
OR
Is there no "they"?
OR
Is it like when you ask a kid, Who did something they say, "I don't know".
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handed over the wrong guy, This was figured out by the guys holding him who then informed Washington. It made its way through the chain and eventually the bigwigs heard about it and ordered the guy released.
It took too long, sure. If you know anything about bureaucracy you know that no one wants to take the initiative without the proper documentation,etc. What if the guy had turned out to be a terrorist after all?
So if you're hellbent to punish someone pick any schlub along the chain of commmand and make an example out of him. Or send a B-2 over to bomb Macedonia. There really is no "they" but some people must have their pound of flesh.
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When you get into the main story it turns out not to be as horrible as what they tease:
"In February, CIA officers in Kabul began to suspect he was the wrong man..."
It did take longer than it should have to get him out, but it looks like US officials acted properly. For bureaucrats this is swift action.
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Ed, if you have any morality at all. You don't leave the guy languishing in jail while trying to figure out a way to save face -- the original mistake was sad but understandable; leaving the guy in prison for even a day after discovering he wasn't the right guy is immoral.
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Just open the door and let him out into the wilds of Afghanistan.
They fixed it, okay? Apparently not fast enough for you, but they did fix it. It's not like the guy was there for years. Who do you want to burn?
If you had any morality at all you wouldn't depict everything done by America in the worst possible light.
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