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June 19, 2008
Democracy Now!

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Congressional Hearings Shed New Light on Government's Endorsement of Torture.
Medical Study Confirms Prisoners in US Custody Were Physically & Mentally Tortured

On Tuesday, June 17, 2008 the Senate Armed Services Committee held an eight-hour hearing that exposed the role of top Bush administration officials in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation techniques. Meanwhile, Retired Major General Antonio Taguba, the Army general who first investigated the abuse at Abu Ghraib, has accused the Bush administration of committing war crimes. "The commander in chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture," Taguba

The Senate investigation confirmed the Pentagon sought the help of military psychologists as early as 2002 to devise so-called aggressive interrogation techniques. Dr. Steven Reisner is a psychoanalyst and a leading critic of the American Psychological Association's policy governing the role of psychologists in interrogations. He is running for president of the APA and has received more nominating votes than any other candidate.

A new report by the Physicians for Human Rights has, for the first time, found medical evidence corroborating the claims of former prisoners who say they were tortured while in US custody. Teams of medical specialists conducted physical and psychological tests on the former prisoners, including exams intended to assess if they were lying. We speak to Dr. Allen Keller.

McClatchy Newspapers has conducted an extensive eight-month investigation of the US detention system created after 9/11. Based on interviews with sixty-six former prisoners, the investigation found that the US imprisoned innocent men, subjected them to abuse, stripped them of their legal rights and allowed Islamic militants to turn the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay into a school for jihad.

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  • lol this cunt actually expects us to believe that the techniques learned are for use if its YOU being tortured. They have ran this bullshit line althroughout history

  • can you explain to me how people in their own country fighting invaders who come into peoples homes and drag off young men to be tortured to death-are terrorists? you need to question the reality you have so greedily sucked off the medias nipple, go read some books PLEASE because you sound like a child with learning difficulties

  • The BUSH PRESIDENCY IS ONE OF MOST EFFECTIVE AND BEST,BUT ENCOUNTERED MANY OPPOSITIONS AND CRITICISMS from within the united state,and abroad,which comes mostly from u.s. enemies,and political oppositions.What would be yourPRESIDENT DO if your country was attacked savegely will HE just BEGGED OFF AND BEG THE ENEMIES TO STOP ATTACKING.tHE RESPOND OF PRES. BUSH IS STIILL TO LENIENT.THOSE RABID SAVAGE TERRORIST HAS FORFEITED THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AS HUMAN AND DESERVED THE INVASIVE NTEROGATION ,

  • excellent thank you.

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