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Thursday, March 17, 2005
THURSDAY'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
From the NY Times: CIA Chief Defends Interrogation Policy and Disavows Torture ("The head of the Central Intelligence Agency today defended interrogation techniques used to combat terrorism while asserting that the United States does not practice or approve of torture. "Professional interrogation has become a very useful and necessary way to obtain information to save innocent lives, to disrupt terrorist schemes and to protect our combat forces," the C.I.A. director, Porter J. Goss, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.").
From the Washington Post: Reported Abuse Cases Fell After Abu Ghraib ("The number of reported detainee abuse cases against U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan declined sharply after the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison came to light last spring, with incident reports dropping more than 75 percent from April 2004 to the end of last year and the number of death investigations also waning. According to an Army report obtained by The Washington Post, 208 abuse cases were reported to have occurred between the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and May 2004, when the Abu Ghraib abuses made international news. The reported abuse cases peaked in April 2004, when there were 25 cases, including four deaths. The numbers fell consistently through December, when the Army learned of six abuse cases. The Army data are complete through the end of 2004."); Army Captain Convicted ("Army Capt. Shawn L. Martin, accused of terrorizing an Iraqi town under his supervision, was convicted of assaulting Iraqis but acquitted of charges stemming from an alleged assault on one of his own soldiers."). NOTE: More on CPT Martin Court Martial to follow.
From the Washington Post: Reported Abuse Cases Fell After Abu Ghraib ("The number of reported detainee abuse cases against U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan declined sharply after the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison came to light last spring, with incident reports dropping more than 75 percent from April 2004 to the end of last year and the number of death investigations also waning. According to an Army report obtained by The Washington Post, 208 abuse cases were reported to have occurred between the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and May 2004, when the Abu Ghraib abuses made international news. The reported abuse cases peaked in April 2004, when there were 25 cases, including four deaths. The numbers fell consistently through December, when the Army learned of six abuse cases. The Army data are complete through the end of 2004."); Army Captain Convicted ("Army Capt. Shawn L. Martin, accused of terrorizing an Iraqi town under his supervision, was convicted of assaulting Iraqis but acquitted of charges stemming from an alleged assault on one of his own soldiers."). NOTE: More on CPT Martin Court Martial to follow.
