Official probes of US prisoner abuse document crimes, exonerate arch criminals
Official probes of US prisoner abuse document crimes, exonerate arch criminals: "Two official reports were published at the end of August investigating instances of torture of Iraqi prisoners by American troops. The content of the reports and a recent string of new revelations reveal the extent to which torture has become a regular component of American policy in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Nevertheless, the essential purpose of these reports as with all the official investigations into US prisoner abuse has been to whitewash the decisive role of top policy-makers beginning with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld in encouraging and sanctioning the use of torture.
This was evident, based on the individuals leading the various probes. One of the reports was issued by a supposedly independent commission appointed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and led by the defense secretary under Richard Nixon, James Schlesinger. Another investigation was carried out by the army, led by Maj. Gen. George Fay and Lt. Gen. Anthony Jones. The army has also launched a number of separate and isolated investigations into different aspects of the abuse carried out at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
The Fay investigation was tasked with looking into the role of military intelligence in participating in or encouraging torture at Abu Ghraib.
In testimony before Congress on August 26, Schlesinger summed up the attitude that his commission took. It is preposterous, he declared, to suppose that what these pictures [taken of torture at Abu Ghraib] show is we were prepared to use torture to get information.
Rather, the incidents captured in the photographs were merely the consequence of an animal house on the night shift.
In other words, whatever criticisms might be leveled at the government for inadequate preparation or insufficient police staffing" Link...to balance of this horrific cover up of war crimes--and this attempt to avoid convening a war crimes tribunal. This must be done in the interests of the United States being able to clear its good name after it has been dragged through the blood, feces, and horror of Abu Ghraib. *aj*
Nevertheless, the essential purpose of these reports as with all the official investigations into US prisoner abuse has been to whitewash the decisive role of top policy-makers beginning with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld in encouraging and sanctioning the use of torture.
This was evident, based on the individuals leading the various probes. One of the reports was issued by a supposedly independent commission appointed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and led by the defense secretary under Richard Nixon, James Schlesinger. Another investigation was carried out by the army, led by Maj. Gen. George Fay and Lt. Gen. Anthony Jones. The army has also launched a number of separate and isolated investigations into different aspects of the abuse carried out at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
The Fay investigation was tasked with looking into the role of military intelligence in participating in or encouraging torture at Abu Ghraib.
In testimony before Congress on August 26, Schlesinger summed up the attitude that his commission took. It is preposterous, he declared, to suppose that what these pictures [taken of torture at Abu Ghraib] show is we were prepared to use torture to get information.
Rather, the incidents captured in the photographs were merely the consequence of an animal house on the night shift.
In other words, whatever criticisms might be leveled at the government for inadequate preparation or insufficient police staffing" Link...to balance of this horrific cover up of war crimes--and this attempt to avoid convening a war crimes tribunal. This must be done in the interests of the United States being able to clear its good name after it has been dragged through the blood, feces, and horror of Abu Ghraib. *aj*
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