Democracy Now! Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour Headlines for November 15, 2005 - Alito: "The Constitution Does Not Protect A Right To An Abortion" - Senators Reach Compromise on Guantanamo Detainees - FDA Rejected Sale of Morning After Pill Prior to Scientific Review - Report: CIA Used Spanish Airports for Secret Flights - Palestinians Given Control Over Gaza Border w/ Egypt - Chalabi Meets With Cheney and Rumsfeld in DC - U.S. & Brazilian Governments Sued Over Killings in Haiti - Leading Native American Writer, Vine Deloria Jr., 72, Dies Former U.S. Army Interrogator Describes the Harsh Techniques He Used in Iraq, Detainee Abuse by Marines and Navy Seals and Why Torture is the Worst Possible Thing We Could Do With deep remorse, former U.S. Army interrogator Specialist Tony Lagouranis talks about his own involvement with abusing detainees in Iraq and torture carried out by the Navy Seals. He apologizes to the Iraqi people and urges U.S. soldiers to follow their conscience. Lagouranis returned from Iraq in January and until now had given no live interviews. But Lagouranis says he now feels it his duty to speak out about what he witnessed in Iraq: * His use of harsh interrogation techniques on prisoners in Iraq including dogs, sleep deprivation, prolonged isolation and dietary manipulation. * How Navy SEALS induced hypothermia by using ice water to lower the body temperature of prisoners. * Serving in Fallujah and going through the clothes and pockets of some 500 dead bodies to try and identify them. * The corpses on men, women and children in Fallujah, which had been lying in the streets for days and had been "eaten by dogs and birds and maggots," were then stacked up in a warehouse where U.S. soldiers ate and slept.