Skeptic
17th May 2004, 22:01
The Trail of Torture: Orders from High Places
Revolutionary Worker #1241, May 23, 2004, posted at http://rwor.org
After September 11, the U.S. government unleashed a global offensive. Thousands of people were rounded up by U.S. agents both within the U.S. and around the world. U.S. intelligence agencies, with a long history of torture, were ordered to go all out to get "actionable intelligence" and punish adversaries by any means necessary.
The now familiar forms of abuse and torture were applied from the beginning.
Many of the techniques used in Abu Ghraib were elaborated and approved at the highest levels of the U.S. government by the chain of command.
You can read the entire article at:
The Trail of Torture: Orders from High Places --RW/OR ONLINE
Revolutionary Worker #1241, May 23, 2004, posted at http://rwor.org
After September 11, the U.S. government unleashed a global offensive. Thousands of people were rounded up by U.S. agents both within the U.S. and around the world. U.S. intelligence agencies, with a long history of torture, were ordered to go all out to get "actionable intelligence" and punish adversaries by any means necessary.
The now familiar forms of abuse and torture were applied from the beginning.
Many of the techniques used in Abu Ghraib were elaborated and approved at the highest levels of the U.S. government by the chain of command.
You can read the entire article at:
The Trail of Torture: Orders from High Places --RW/OR ONLINE