US torture report must be released by Joseph Gainza, November 10, 2013

The president, vice president, secretary of defense and many other top political leaders of the United States government authorized the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of people detained after Sept. 11. The torture "occurred in many instances and across a wide range of theaters."

These are some of the findings of the bipartisan Task Force on Detainee Treatment sponsored by the Constitution Project. After two years of examining public records and interviewing a number of eye witnesses and involved persons, the task force issued a 500-page report that describes in detail numerous examples of torture, including cases where detainees were literally tortured to death...

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