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Vanity Fair by Phillippe Sands | Apr. 7, 2008 (Special Report)

torture['s]...military beginnings...lie not in Abu Ghraib...or in the "rendition" of prisoners to other countries for questioning, but in the treatment of the very first prisoners at Guantánamo. Starting in late 2002 a detainee bearing the number 063 was tortured over a period of more than seven weeks. In his story lies the answer to a crucial question: How was the decision made to let the U.S. military start using coercive interrogations...? Full Story »

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by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a well researched and well written review of the chain of events that resulted in violations of the Geneva Conventions at Guantánamo which then, according to various official investigations, spilled over into Abu Ghraib. The final paragraphs are somewhat melodramatic but they do not detract from the article's overall objective approach.