This is from the November 3, 2004 program of 60 Minutes II. This post goes with this one.
Here’s the story on Sean Baker from the 60 Minutes II website.
This Administration doesn’t give a damn about anybody.
Here’s how the Administration treats the most patriotic of its soldiers.
(Sorry for the sound quality. My 60 minutes broadcasts are almost always distorted on my cable system now. Not sure what I can do about it…)
Interview with Sean Baker – Part 1 of 2 (17 MB)
Interview with Sean Baker – Part 2 of 2 (16 MB)
Baker makes the point that if a real detainee was trying to explain himself to the interrogators in a foreign language, he would undoubtedly have no chance at all:
“What does he think would have happened if he had been a real detainee? “I think they would have busted him up,” says Baker. “I’ve seen detainees come outta there with blood on ’em.