In the court-martial case of Specialist Charles Graner, a former cop--Thomas Archambault--offered expert testimony.
Thomas Archambault, a self-styled prisoner restraint expert, said Graner, had "used good foresight" in the way he dealt with the detainees.
He said piling the naked prisoners on top of each other was "a very creative technique," but admitted it did not appear in any training manual. In questioning the witness, defense lawyer Guy Womack referred to the human stack as "a cheerleader pyramid." Archambault said, that given the circumstances, he saw nothing wrong with the fact soldiers took pictures of the naked prisoners.
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TurkishPress.com quotes Archambault further:
"Based on the stress these [American] soldiers had gone through, a filthy stinking environment and the fact these prisoners killed American soldiers, I think I would have done the same thing," the former police officer said.
A week ago open talk about the Salvador option, and now a former cop justifying Graner's behavior as normal for a soldier? I don't mind exposing these brutal practices, even exposing the bizarre justification of Archambault.
Maybe I'm dreaming--or maybe I'm experiencing the delayed backlash to the "Rodney King" clean-up-the-police-dept episodes. Or maybe military courts are just this surreal, as can be the world of war and police can be.