We won't be hearing many public comments about Saddam anymore..

[kentuck]

The CIA has taken over questioning him. Can you imagine some of the questions he migh be asked?
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http://www.iht.com/articles/121781.html

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Rumsfeld said American soldiers had been given no special instructions on what to do if and when they came across Saddam . "No one was told, 'Don't kill him.' No one was told, 'Kill him,'" Rumsfeld said. But unlike his sons, Uday and Qusay, who went down shooting, Saddam chose to surrender. The secretary offered a bit of new information on Saddam's days as a fugitive, disclosing that for at least one stretch Saddam spent several hours in what appeared to be a taxi. "He didn't have the meter running," Rumsfeld said.
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The decision to entrust the C.I.A. with Hussein's interrogation was an easy one, Rumsfeld said. "It was a three-minute decision," he said, "and the first two were for coffee."
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The intelligence agency will serve as "the regulator" of information flowing from the questioning, Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon news briefing. The secretary strongly defended the treatment of the captive, declaring that it has been humane and that showing pictures of the bedraggled ex-dictator to the world in no way violated international standards on handling prisoners.
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Noting the fear that Saddam and his cronies inspired in their decades of rule, Rumsfeld said, "It's terribly important that he be seen by the public for what he is: a captive" and thus a man unable to claw his way back to power.
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[Torrey Pines]

1. There will be no statements from Saddam

and he will be kept in a vacuum about current events.

It will be interested to see how any trial is structured. He and whatever counsel he is afforded will be requesting information and it will be interesting to see what requests are and are not granted. How broad of a defense will be permitted?

[kentuck]

2. Does anyone think Saddam will live to see a trial?

Only if Bush is assured ahead of time of what the verdict will be... Now that's cynical, isn't it?

[Ficus]

3. i hope so

our credibility is at stake. I think the administration knows that too. If he doesn't go on trial before the Iraqis, that nation will never heal.