The investigation by the Pentagon of the abuses veering on torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has so far collared only seven very low-level officers. And George W. Bush has told the nation that only these "bad apples" caused the worldwide revulsion fueled by the photographs of snarling dogs and naked prisoners. There are also the disingenuous assertions by Donald Rumsfeld that this nation treats "detainees" in the spirit of the Geneva Conventions.
The Village Voice: Nation: Liberty Beat: Torture Trail by Nat Hentoff
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