Sept. 11 Detainees Abused by Officers, U.S. Report Says

[Judi Lynn]

Sept. 11 Detainees Abused by Officers, U.S. Report Says
Thu December 18, 2003 11:50 AM ET

By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreigners held at a federal prison in Brooklyn after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks suffered verbal and physical abuse, with officers slamming them against the wall and twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday.

Inspector General Glenn Fine said in a 47-page report that officers also stepped on the leg-restraint chains of the detainees and punished them by keeping them restrained for long periods of time.

Videotapes showed that prison staff members slammed and pressed detainees against the wall by their heads or necks. The officers denied that it ever occurred, the report said.

Videotapes also confirmed that officers placed detainees against an American flag T-shirt with the phrase "These colors don't run" on it, which was taped to the wall in the area where detainees first arrived, according to the report.

It said the videotapes also showed that some staff members at the federal prison misused strip searches and restraints to punish detainees, and that officers improperly recorded meetings between the detainees and their lawyers. (snip/...)

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[tkulesa]

1. What are the odds that anyone will

ever be punished for this misguided witch hunt and the ways innocent people were abused?

I'm not holding out much hope.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Sorry, this is a dupe. I didn't check well enough, apparently.

Please see this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=275790

Thank you.

[tom_paine]

3. This is all foreseen in Imperial Amerika

We are going to, in the end, mirror some of the worst excesses of the Imperial Romans, Nazis, and Soviets.

Of course, it will all be in a shiny new package of dissimilarity because as any Marketing Person could tell you: If you want to reintroduce an old, discredited product, AVOID all similarities to that discredited product that you are trying to reintroduce...