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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

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  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009 09:47 AM

    More deaths coming

    Glenn,

    I'm so glad that you, Marcy, drational and others are working hard to bring attention to this matter. As I pointed out in my post for June 26 (linked at my name), the installation of Stanley McChrystal as head of US troops in Afghanistan guarantees that more innocent civilians will be imprisoned and tortured to death. McChrystal is a key player in many of the early torture incidents and has been known to be involved in hiding US detention facilities from the ICRC. If anyone thinks that Obama has truly stopped torture, all they have to do is look at the promotion of McChrystal to know that it will continue full speed ahead.

    I look forward to the report finally being issued. Travel will keep me away from reading and commenting on it very quickly, but I do hope that we will at least have the report fully unredacted.

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