Bush-Cheney administration/torture

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There have been persistent reports, many of them documented, of official use of torture as a part of the War on Terrorism.

The first such incident to come to light was the Abu Ghraib abuses, but there have been others (e.g. Guantánamo).

Publicly, administration officials and spokespeople deny sanctioning or approving of torture.

Notes

Apparently Senator John McCain tried to add an amendment (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; VP Cheney has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. Obviously a contradiction there.

News

• 2006-05-23 How Torture Became Mainstream by Alfred W. McCoy, Amnesty International
• 2005-11-07 Cheney Fights for Detainee Policy by Dana Priest and Robin Wright, Washington Post Staff Writers

Blog Posts

• "Body and Soul" blog:
  • 2005-11-07 14:55, 15:40
  • 2005-11-09
  • 2005-11-11