The torture memos

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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2005/01/01/the_torture_memos/


The torture memos
January 1, 2005

THE PHOTOS released last spring of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib brought that issue to the world's attention. So far just a few low-ranking guards have been punished for what the administration has tried to pass off as isolated actions. But the real extent of the abuse at both Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo is made clear in Defense Department and FBI papers released last month as a result of Freedom of Information suits by human-rights organizations.

The documents reveal high-level awareness of the problem long before last spring's disclosures, and they point to continued mistreatment of prisoners since then. The Bush administration should take stronger steps to stop it. The memos also reveal an apparent misapprehension among US interrogators that orders from Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz or President Bush himself authorized abusive techniques in interrogation. The administration denies that any such orders exist........

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1. Good article nt