Yet more news that everyone should have expected by now (Rawstory via Crooks and Liars)[Full report, PDF]:
In all, 98 detainees have died while in US hands. Thirty-four homicides have been identified, with at least eight detainees – and as many as 12 – having been tortured to death, according to a 2006 Human Rights First report that underwrites the researcher’s posting. The causes of 48 more deaths remain uncertain.
The researcher, John Sifton, worked for five years for Human Rights Watch. In a posting Tuesday, he documents myriad cases of detainees who died at the hands of their US interrogators. Some of the instances he cites are graphic.
How did we get here? More importantly, how is it that we accept ‘here’ as being morally, legally, and ethically acceptable?
