Amnesty International condemns U.S. failure to act on torture report
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Amnesty International on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama's administration of granting "de facto amnesty" to people involved in a CIA program that detained and tortured militants captured after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
The human rights group said that since the release in December of a Senate report on the use of what the Central Intelligence Agency called "enhanced interrogation techniques," the administration had done nothing to end impunity for those who mistreated prisoners.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee report found that the CIA misled the White House and the American people over a program that involved torturing al Qaeda and other captives in secret facilities worldwide between 2002 and 2006.
Amnesty released a critique of the investigation and the official response, entitled "USA Crimes and Impunity," which accused the Obama administration of trying to sweep the report and crimes committed under the program "under the carpet."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-usa-cia-torture-idUSKBN0NC1L920150421
US | Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:13am EDT
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Why, it wouldn't be polite to actually hold the BFEE to be accountable for their actions in allowing torture, even though they broke the law. They paid some guy to write a legal opinion in their favor, gee, what more could they do? Repugs wouldn't like him if he pushed prosecution of their guy. His hands are clearly tied. 
