quote:Pentagon officials yesterday repudiated the harsh interrogation tactics adopted since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, specifically forbidding U.S. troops from using forced nudity, hooding, military dogs and waterboarding to elicit information from detainees captured in ongoing wars.
The Defense Department simultaneously embraced international humane treatment standards for all detainees in U.S. military custody, the first time there has been a uniform standard for both enemy prisoners of war and the so-called unlawful combatants linked to al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist organizations.
Unfortunately, the article also said that secret CIA prisons will remain in operation.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Which, since the prisons are not covered by this document, still gives us the opportunity to ship the really important people to some less-moral country for torture.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Which kind of belies the "less moral" part, doesn't it?