http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report ... ontent=608Here's the current situation:
The Bush Administration is trying to block the release of more photos and video tapes that depict torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Among the things that could be released are reported to be videos of boys being raped by Iraqi guards. Apparently, sometimes when they arrested an woman with children, the children were also taken into custody. Some of these children were then abused and sexually assaulted.
According to those who have seen the videos, the worst thing is the shrieks of the boys as they are being raped.
Remember all those right wing nuts who compared Abu Ghraib to fraternity hazing?
Not only is the White House trying to block the release of photos and videos, they are trying to block any attempt by Congress to investigate.
Quote:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday threatened to veto a massive Senate bill for $442 billion in next year's defense programs if it moves to regulate the Pentagon's treatment of detainees or sets up a commission to investigate operations at Guantanamo Bay prison and elsewhere.
The Bush administration, under fire for the indefinite detention of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and questions over whether its policies led to horrendous abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, put lawmakers on notice it did not want them legislating on the matter.
"If legislation is presented that would restrict the president's authority to protect Americans effectively from terrorist attack and bring terrorists to justice," the bill could be vetoed, the statement said.
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who endured torture as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, said after meeting at the Capitol with Vice President Dick Cheney that he still intended to offer amendments next week "on the standard of treatment of prisoners."
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was working on legislation defining the legal status of enemy combatants being held in Guantanamo, also said he would offer an amendment.
Yes, according to the Bush administration, any attempts by Republican senators to legislate against, say, the sodomizing of detained children are unduly infringing on the president's fight against terrorists.
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