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Article: US Justice Department opens inquiry into abuse of detainees
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- January 14, 2005
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US Justice Department opens inquiry into abuse of detainees
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The US Justice Department has
opened a wide-ranging investigation into reports from Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) agents about the military's use of coercive
and abusive tactics against detainees held in American custody at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq, The New York Times reported
Friday.
The investigation, initiated recently by the department's
inspector general, will examine not only how reports of abuse
witnessed by FBI agents at the US naval base at Guantanamo and in
Iraq were handled, but also whether bureau agents took part in any
improper methods of interrogation at the ...