E whakaae ana a Tiati Michael Mukasey he mea whakarihariha te papa wai, engari karekau e kii mena he whakamamae. Heoi ano, i pooti a Charles Schumer raua ko Dianne Feinstein i te Manapori Manapori mo tana whakapumautanga hei Roia Tianara o Amerika. Me korero a Mukasey, Schumer me Feinstein ki te kairīpoata Wīwī a Henri Alleg. He ētita o te pepa i Algeria, i waia ia e te ope hoia Wīwī i te tau 1957, i te wa e ngana ana te Wīwī ki te kuru i te kaupapa motuhake o Algeria. I korero mai te kairīpoata 86-tau mai i tona kainga i Paris:
“Ua tuuhia vau i nia i te hoê tabula, i nia i te hoê tabula, ua tuuhia i nia e ua afaihia i nia i te hoê pape [pape pape]. Na ka hipokina toku mata ki te tawhetawhe. Tino tere, kua ki tonu te tawhetawhe i te wai. Kei a koe te ahua o te toremi. Na ka rere te wai i runga i toku mata katoa. Kaore au i kaha ki te manawa. He ahua kino, whakamataku o te whakamamae me te mate, kua tata ki te mate.
Ko te kairīpoata a Stephen Grey, ko tana pakipūmeka "Extraordinary Rendition" kei runga i nga teihana PBS i tenei wiki, i kii mai ki ahau: "Ko ahau, pera i te maha o nga kairipoata, me whakaputa he whakatikatika, he tino whakapaha, na te mea i kii katoa matou i te papa wai hei toremi. E marama ana mai i te hunga nana i mahi, he tino toremi tenei… he mea tenei e whakapouri ana i te hinengaro, na reira he whakamamae.
I roto i te whakaaturanga whakamiharo o te piripono ki tana mahi, ko te Kaiawhina Kaiawhina o mua a Daniel Levin, e ai ki nga korero a ABC News, i uru ki te papa wai i te wa i tukuna ai e te White House ki te mahi ano i tana tuunga mana mo te whakamamae i te tau 2004. I tana whakatau ko te papa wai he whakamamae, ka akiakihia ia. mai i tana mahi.
I te Mane, Whiringa-a-rangi 5, ka uru atu nga kaiwhaiwhai aukati-whakamamae ki tetahi whakaaturanga mo te tarai wai i waho o te Tari Ture. Ko Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, he kaiwhakaari rua tekau ma ono tau te pakeke, i tuku i a ia hei patunga. I muri a‘e i te tuhaa pureraa, ua ta‘i to ’na roimata: “O te ohipa ri‘ari‘a roa a‘e tei tupu ia‘u. A ahakoa he taiao whakahaere tenei, ka uru te wai ki roto i o ngutu ka hiahia koe ki te hamama, kare e taea, ina tae koe ka kowaowao koe.
Tokowha nga kaiwhakawa hoia kua reti i te tianara i tuhi reta ki te Heamana o te Komiti Whakawa a te Senate a Patrick Leahy e kii ana, "He kino te tangata, he whakamamae, he ture kore." E rua tekau ma wha nga kaitohutohu matauranga me nga kaitātari o mua i whakaae ki te JAGs, me te kii, "Ahakoa kei te whakamahia te mahi e te maaramatanga US i tenei wa, me ngawari ki a ia te whakautu."
Heoi i kii atu a Mukasey ki te Komiti Whakawa a te Senate, "Kaore au i te mohio he aha nga tikanga mo te mahi, mena he whakamamae te papa wai."
I roto i te whakawakanga a te Kooti i te wa i tukuna ai nga pooti, i kii a Leahy: “Kaua rawa he senator e aro ki nga mahi whakapohehe a te tari a te hunga pera i a Alberto Gonzales, John Yoo me David Addington ma te whakaae ko nga ture i runga i nga pukapuka kaore ano kia whakaharatia te papa wai. Neke atu i te 100 tau matou e hamene ana i te tukino wai.”
Kua hamenehia nga hoia o Amerika mo te whai waahi ki te papa wai i te Philippines i te tau 1901 me Vietnam i te tau 1968. I mauheretia e te US tetahi apiha Hapani i te tau 1947 mo tana whakamahi i te papa wai ki nga hoia o Amerika i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.
Ua parau faahou te Sen. Edward Kennedy: “Kaua e pohehe: Ko te papa wai kei te ture kore i raro i te ture o Amerika. He ture kore i raro i nga Kawenata Geneva, e aukati ana i te 'whakakino ki runga i te mana o te tangata,' tae atu ki te mahi nanakia, te whakaiti me te whakaiti. He ture i raro i te Ture Whakamaehae, e aukati ana i nga mahi 'i whakaaro motuhake ki te whakawhiu i te mamae tinana, i te hinengaro, i te mamae ranei.' He ture i raro i te Ture Tiaki Kareherehere, e aukati ana i te 'whakakino kino, kino, kino ranei.' A ka takahi i te Ture." Ka kii ano ia: "Ko te papa wai ko te puhoi o te nekehanga me te nui o te waa ki te whakaaro mo te kore e taea te mate o te pango me te paunga-i te nuinga o te waa ka uru te tangata ki roto i te papa. Mo te hunga kare i mohio, he whakamataku te maataki, a, ki te hee, ka tika tonu ki te mate hypoxia. Ina mahia tika, ka whakahaeretia te mate."
I kii a Te Kaihautu Republican Arlen Specter, nana i pooti mo te whakatuturutanga a Mukasey, me paahi e te Runanga tetahi ture e aukati ana i te eke wai, i te mea kua whiwhi kupu tuturu a Mukasey ka mau ia i taua ture. Ka pewhea mehemea ka whakawetohia e te Perehitini Bush te ture, mena ka tukuna e ia tetahi o ana korero hainatanga i whakamahia hei karo i nga pire ka hainatia e ia hei ture?
Ahakoa enei mea katoa, ko nga pooti a Schumer me Feinstein mo Mukasey ko te tikanga kua pooti te Komiti Whakawa i te 11 ki te 8 ki te kii i tana tuunga hei roia tianara ki te katoa o te Senate. Mai i te tahua pakanga ki te whakamamae, me patai koe, Mena ko nga Republicans te nuinga, ka rereke ranei?
Inaianei ka taea e te Senate katoa te aukati i te whakatuunga a Mukasey. Tena pea kotahi te kaitaunara ka eke ki runga ki te whakatuturu i te whakapumautanga, he roa noa iho mo Mukasey ki te rangahau me te whakapuaki i tana whakaaro mo te mea he mamae te papa wai. Mena he tangata whenua o Amerika, he hoia, he apiha ranei i utaina ki te wai ki tawahi, ka mangere ranei nga Amelika ki te kii he whakamamae? Ka taea e te kaiwhaiwhai te tuku i nga kaitautoko Mukasey penei i a Schumer me Feinstein kia okioki ki te whakaaro ano. Hei timatanga, me korero ratou ki a Henri Alleg.
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