torture by any other name

from BBC:

Concerned US defence workers were told to keep quiet about the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, memos obtained by a US civil rights group have revealed.

Documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union also show that special forces officers ignored FBI fears over their interrogation methods.

FBI and Defence Intelligence Agency concerns were ignored or brushed aside by special forces, says the ACLU.

As this article suggests, these revelations, combined with the recent (and still forthcoming) reports about mistreatment and other chicanery at Gitmo, have the potential to further weaken the US' credibility on humane prisoner treatment... if that is even possible post-Abu Ghraib. Funny thing about the Geneva Convention, Mr. Attorney General Designate... it only seems "quaint" until your own forces are imprisoned.

--later thoughts-- There is more than torture here, apparently: Intimidation, conspiracy, and possibly evidence of a systematic, coordinated program of bleeding edge interrogation. How is it possible Rumsfeld still has a job?

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