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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:00 AM

The suppressed fact: Deaths by U.S. torture

The unstated premise of every torture debate -- that it was safely applied to a handful of detainees -- is false
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009 09:56 AM

    if you've seen Errol Morris' latest

    you knew this had to be the case. "Standard Operating Procedure" is all about Abu Ghraib. easily the creepiest part is when a young MP describes how unidentified americans routinely brought dead detainees to be held overnight without any documentation that they, or the deceased, had ever been there.

    if it can happen just one time, it's easily happened many more. this is exactly why we need a torture commissions, trials, and punishments.

    —ahoy polloi Read ahoy polloi's other letters

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