The Bush Administration has long maintained that the overtly cruel and abusive treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere was the conduct of a few "bad apples." But a Senate investigation is tracking the rot to its source. There is mounting evidence that the systematic torture of detainees was the result of decisions made at the highest levels of government--particularly within the office of the vice president. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.