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Military Law,
Government,
Criminal

May 9, 2013

Will President Obama ignore bi-partison torture report?

In April, a bi-partisan panel unanimously concluded that American intelligence and military personnel used interrogation techniques that constituted torture.

Stephen F. Rohde

Email: rohdevictr@aol.com

Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.

The Bush administration engaged in illegal torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees, in violation of U.S. and international law.

Isn't that the same old worn out, unproven allegation of the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Amnesty International, and others rabid partisans?

No. It is the documented conclusion of a 600-page report issued last month, following a 2-year investigation by The Constitution Project's Task Force on Detainee Treatme...

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