U.S. had advance warning of abuse at Afghan prisons, officials say
October 30, 2011 - 02:02 pm
The Washington Post reports: Top officials from the State Department, CIA and U.S. military received multiple warnings about abuses at a detention facility in Kabul and other Afghan facilities, long before the world body publicly revealed “systematic torture” in Afghan intelligence agency detention centers, according to Afghan and Western officials.
Despite the warnings, the United States continued to transfer detainees to Afghan intelligence service custody, the officials said. Even as other countries stopped handing over detainees to problematic facilities, the U.S. government did not.
Read the original story here.
Short URL:
http://wj.la/rGOchf
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Only On 7
-
Win Tickets to Cirque du Soleil's Quidam!
"Like" ABC7 on facebook and you can win tickets to see Cirque du Soleil's Quidam. Enter daily before 4pm Friday, November 4th! Plus, you can receive 2 additional entries for each friend who enters!
TBD Blogs What you need to read
-
@TBD Arts
Halloween picks: 'Sex and Education,' Chromeo, Dark Matters
-
The Market Report
Giant promises to open all lanes in Columbia Heights
-
@TBD On Foot
Walking it back: Be afraid for MetroAccess this Halloween
Best of TBD In case you missed it
-
D.C. journalists with the most Klout on Twitter
No one knows quite what Klout is, but these big 'myopic little twits' appear to have it.

No comments
Post a Comment