smh.com.au - 1/14/2009
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null Donald Rumsfeld listens as George Bush praises him after a briefing at the Pentagon. Photo: Reuters
google.com - 1/20/2009
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22 hours ago BERLIN (AFP) The UN's special
torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue...
former president George W. Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. "Judicially speaking, the ...
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AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN ...
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Golly, what a surprise, we tortured
Firedoglake —
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What a surprise!
Rising Hegemon —
... she said, were approved by then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. "A lot of this happened on his watch," she said. Last month, a Senate Armed Services Committee report concluded that "Rumsfeld's authorization of aggressive interrogation techniques for use at Guantanamo Bay was a direct cause of detainee abuse there." The committee found the interrogation techniques harsh and abusive but stopped short of calling them torture. (picture from here)
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