US Commission: Definite Prisoner Torture Under Bush

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ZDF article (Google-translated) :

Under the administration of George W. Bush terrorism suspects were tortured in prison - it [ this ] was "indisputable" confirms an American investigative report. Intelligence officials and soldiers were [ treating ] prisoners of [ in a ] "cruel, inhumane and degrading" [ way ] treatment.
"We have come to the regrettable but inevitable conclusion that the United States have shown an approach that [ is clearly ] torture is clear," said the former Republican Congressman Asa Hutchinson, [ who lead ] the bipartisan U.S. Commission opened next to the former MEP James Jones .

 

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Interestingly, the article appeared in an e-mail notification from ZDF heute, but isn't mentioned on the main home page (it is also visible in the politics section; Probably it was decided to be given lower priority in the light of other news (Boston attacks) ). I didn't find articles about it on BBC or CNN.

 

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An English-language article can be found on PBS.org :

JEFFREY BROWN: It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture after 9/11. That was the starkest finding in a report released today by the Constitution Project, a bipartisan legal research and advocacy group, after a two-year investigation by a task force of former high-ranking government, military, and law enforcement officials.

 

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Article also on Huffington Post :

WASHINGTON -- A two-year independent investigation by the Constitution Project released Tuesday said that U.S. forces engaged in torture and senior officials bear responsibility for it.

The nonpartisan, 577-page report concluded that the events of the "war on terror" following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were "unprecedented" in American history. While the authors concede that some U.S. forces have committed brutal acts, they wrote that there has been no evidence that a U.S. president and top officials discussed the legality and effectiveness of "inflicting pain and torment on some detainees in custody."