Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Former interrogator shreds Cheney's theory on torture

From The Raw Story today...

By John Byrne

A 14-year military interrogator has undercut one of the key arguments posited by Vice President Dick Cheney in favor of the Bush Administration’s torture techniques and alleged that the use of torture has cost “hundreds if not thousands” of American lives.

The interrogator, who uses the name “Matthew Alexander,” says he oversaw more than 1,000 interrogations, conducting more than 300 in Iraq personally.

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From Information Clearing House (news you won't get from CNN)

Read the following for historical perspective...

By Matthew Moore

MORE photographs have been leaked of Iraqi citizens tortured by US soldiers at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. Read more here. This article is three years old, but still bares reading for perspective today.

Top photo via Wikipedia Commons

Bottom photo via The Clearing House

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