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Article: More torture charges; CIA must be held accountable.(OPED)(SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- December 12, 2005
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Byline: Nat Hentoff, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A recurrent refrain by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and CIA chief Porter Goss was again echoed by the president himself in a Nov. 29 speech: "The United States does not torture - and that's important for people around the world to understand."
However, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is discovering in Europe, an increasing number of countries are trying to find out whether the CIA has been violating the sovereignty and anti-torture laws of those countries and international law. On Nov. 27, writing from Berlin, Mark Trevelyan, reporting for Reuters, wrote: "A wave ...