11-12-2014, 06:49 PM
A U.S. delegation, in a first appearance before the U.N. Committee Against Torture since 2006, told the panel in Geneva this week that it rejects Bush administration interpretations of torture statutes and affirms U.S. commitment to closing the dark chapter of the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation program.
Those assertions, though, didn't convince the U.N. panel, which hadn't seen the U.S. crew since abuses of the Bush-era program were publicly revealed.
Despite its seeming reversal on Bush-era policies, the U.S. delegation was slammed for touting its 2009 Justice Department Investigation into the CIA's torture program -- which resulted in no charges -- as proof of its commitment.
"We are not fully satisfied with that answer," said torture committee Chairman George Tugushi. "In our view, any investigation into possible ill treatment by public officials must comply with the criteria of thoroughness. And actually to be considered credible, it must be capable of leading to a determination of whether force or other methods used were or were not justified under the circumstances, and to the identification of the appropriate punishment of those concerned."
Full article HERE.
Those assertions, though, didn't convince the U.N. panel, which hadn't seen the U.S. crew since abuses of the Bush-era program were publicly revealed.
Despite its seeming reversal on Bush-era policies, the U.S. delegation was slammed for touting its 2009 Justice Department Investigation into the CIA's torture program -- which resulted in no charges -- as proof of its commitment.
"We are not fully satisfied with that answer," said torture committee Chairman George Tugushi. "In our view, any investigation into possible ill treatment by public officials must comply with the criteria of thoroughness. And actually to be considered credible, it must be capable of leading to a determination of whether force or other methods used were or were not justified under the circumstances, and to the identification of the appropriate punishment of those concerned."
Full article HERE.