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Torture As Official US Policy

Torture As Official US Policy by Stephen Lendman / July 19th, 2008 Post-9/11, torture has been official US policy under George Bush ? authorized at the highest levels of government. Evidence of its systematic practice continues to surface. First some background. On September 17, 2001, George Bush signed a secret finding empowering CIA to ?Capture, Kill, or Interrogate Al-Qaeda Leaders.? It also authorized establishing a secret global network of facilities to detain and interrogate them without guidelines on proper treatment. Around the same time, Bush approved a secret ?high-value target list? of about two dozen names. He also gave CIA free reign to capture, kill and interrogate terrorists not on the list. It was the beginning of events that followed...continue to full post

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