CIA Confirms Its Torture of Three Detainees; Special Prosecutor Needed
Posted on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
CIA chief Michael Hayden testified before Congress today that the CIA waterboarded three detainees. The CIA’s first official public acknowledgment that three detainees were waterboarded indisputably triggers the need for an investigation and prosecution for the commission and for the authorization of torture and war crimes. Waterboarding is torture, and the United States has prosecuted […]
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