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Report Blames Rumsfeld for Prisoner Abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

December 12, 2008, NY Times Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses By SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON ? A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush administration officials, including Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary, bore major responsibility for the abuses committed by American troops in interrogations at Abu Ghraib in Iraq; Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; and other military detention centers. The report was issued jointly by Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the Democratic chairman of the panel, and Senator John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican. It represents the most thorough review by Congress to date of the origins of the abuse of prisoners in American military custody, and it explicitly rejects the Bush administration?s contention that tough interrogation methods have helped keep the country and its troops safe...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).