Summary
The public is counting on Congress to assemble a broad and accurate overview of the abuses at prisons in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, so that the persistent stories of what would be clear rights violations can be verified and understood. Congress must respond energetically not only to protect the rights of prisoners in U.S. custody but to safeguard U.S. troops who may face capture in future wars.
Absent horrifying pictures and the shock of the new, recent reports of abuse have not received the same level of attention as that at Abu Ghraib prison, but they are deeply disturbing nonetheless. Defense Intelligence Agency agents, for instance, reported months after the abuse became known at Abu Ghraib that members of a U.S. special operations task force abused prisoners in Iraq then threatened the agents who saw the abuse. The two DIA agents say they saw interrogators punch a prisoner in the face so that the prisoner needed medical attention and saw others at the Temporary Detention Facility in Baghdad with burn marks on their backs and still others complaining of kidney pain.See the full content of this document
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Response to Abuse
Last week, The Associated Press reported that an FBI official told the Army's top criminal ...
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