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. Full Story »
Posted by Walter Cox
This article discusses a report by the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee which should remove all doubt that prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanimo originated with officially promulgated Bush administration policies, not with "a few bad apples" as administration spokespersons have previously insisted. This report gains considerable credibility because it was a bipartisan effort to track the origins of the abuse--top Republican, John McCain, helped author the report.
Enlisted military personnel were hung out to dry after Bush, Cheny and Rumsfeld refused to acknowledge that torture, sexual humiliation and other harsh interrogation methods originated at the highest levels of the Bush administration. Those who were prosecuted should have their prosecutions reversed, and criminal charges should be brought against Bush, Cheny and Rumsfeld for their participation in this injustice.