Senate rejects 9/11 style commission to review prison abuse

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Senate rejects 9/11 style commission to review prison abuse

Tue Nov 8, 7:19 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate rejected draft legislation that would have created a blue ribbon commission to examine whether torture was used at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and other US-run overseas prisons.

The measure, which was defeated by a party line 43 to 55 vote, was debated as an amendment to a 491.6 billion dollar defense spending bill for the upcoming fiscal year.

The measure on creating the commission was authored by Carl Levin, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee in the Republican-led Senate.

Speaking on the Senate floor earlier Tuesday, another Democratic backer of the bill, Ted Kennedy, said the legislation would help ensure proper treatment of inmates at US-run detention facilities around the world.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Damen und Herren, I give you the US Senate under republican 'leadership'.

subject-(from Cia Plame leak(--it has actually backfired and now lots of coverage about the cia prison leak.

assures us that we treat prisoners no worse than we treat own Spetsnaz (below image)I mean SS, I mean Special Forces Troops when they get Escape and Evassion training. Well that makes it a non-issue for me - a lifetime of Escape and Invassion training. Kick his sorry ass again Durbin.

what a completely false headline.