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Accounting for Torture
Cole, David | March 21, 2005 issue

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Discusses the response of the U.S. to instances of prisoner abuse and torture in the War on Terrorism. View that multiple reports of prisoner abuse suggest a systemic problem; Criticism for the response of President George W. Bush and his administration to cases of prisoner abuse; View that perpetrators of abuse will not be tried for federal crimes under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; Description of civil cases in which former prisoners accuse U.S. personnel of abuse and torture.

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WAR on Terrorism, 2001- -- Moral & ethical aspects; PRISONERS -- Abuse of; CORRECTIONS -- Government policy; DETENTION of persons; PRISONERS -- Civil rights; UNITED States
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