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Home Front: Politix
WH says documents show U.S. didn’t approve torture
2004-06-23
Washington has release declassified memos on prisoner interrogation techniques approved for use in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. The White House says the papers will answer criticism by showing that U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected the use of more aggressive methods. Among the tortures he turned down was one known as "water boarding," a practice in which wet towels or water are used to make a prisoner feel as if he is suffocating. Officials say Rumsfeld only approved what was called "mild non-injurious physical contact."...But at least one administration critic, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, said the Bush camp was still "stonewalling" and described the hundreds of pages of documents as "a small subset of the documents that offers glimpses into the genesis of this scandal."
...genesis of this scandal, of which you will care nothing about after the election, Mr. Senator.
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