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washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009

Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured, Says Official Overseeing Military Trials

— washingtonpost.com — The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial... has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, ... (more) Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured, Says Official ...

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washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009

Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured, Says Official Overseeing Military Trials

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talkleft.com - 1/14/2009

Bush Administration Official Admits Detainee Was Tortured

— talkleft.com — For the first time, a Bush Administration official has admitted a Guantanamo detainee was tortured. The top... Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. ... (more) Bush Administration Official Admits Detainee Was Tortured

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Good news: More “unfairly imprisoned” Gitmo detainees are now back on the battlefield
Sister Toldjah — ... (written by Bob Woodward, I should note) making waves about a Gitmo “trial overseer” who said we “tortured” a Saudi national back in 2007 and that’s why she didn’t refer his case for prosecution. Some of the Usual Suspects™ are touting the allegation as evidence that Bush/Cheney are “war criminals” but ...

"We do not torture."
The Reaction — ... for a long time, as we know that waterboarding was used on detainees, that the Bush Administration, from Bush and Cheney on down, sanctioned what is widely considered to be torture. And now we have formal confirmation from no less an authority than the high-ranking administration official who is responsible for overseeing the military commissions and reviewing the treatment of detainees at Gitmo. (Find more reaction at Memeorandum.)

Now What?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Obama at least seems to understand that simply attacking the Bush administration for the decisions it made in the aftermath of 9/11 will no longer suffice as a substitute for some alternative policy. His supporters haven't yet arrived at the same conclusion. There are a dozen liberal bloggers using this story as a launching pad for an attack on the war crimes of the Bush administration, but none has offered any solution to the problem that plagues Judge Crawford -- what now? ...