'We crossed the line', US admits to UN anti-torture body : "In
the wake of 9/11 attacks, we regrettably did not always live up to our
own values," acting US legal advisor Mary McLeod said. Beyond the "war
on terror" legacy, the committee members raised issues of abuses in US
prisons, rape in prisons, the broad use of drawn-out solitary
confinement, and long years on death row.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/
Obama Administration Reverses Bush Policy, Says U.S. Torture Ban Applies Abroad: Despite
concerns from some civil libertarians that the statements today still
allowed for some exclusions - such as U.S. government sites in other
countries - Yale Law Professor Harold Hongju Koh praised the move.
https://firstlook.org/
Doubt cast over US torture investigation as more CIA detainees come forward: More
lawyers for men allegedly tortured by the CIA are coming forward to
say that the major US criminal investigation into torture never
interviewed their clients.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-
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