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U.S. Tortured Detainees, And Top Officials Are Responsible: Report

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A two-year independent investigation by the Constitution Project released Tuesday said that U.S. forces engaged in torture and senior officials bear responsibility for it. The torture report discarded the euphemism of "enhanced interrogation techniques" and said that U.S. forces engaged in torture. By examining court cases of torture and cases by the United States against other countries, the authors concluded that "The United States may not declare a nation guilty of engaging in torture and then exempt itself from being so labeled for similar if not identical conduct."
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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.

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