« Return to Search Results
Documents
CIA Copy of Newsweek Article: The Roots of Torture
May 24, 2004 | ACLU-RDI 5047
This May 24, 2004 Newsweek article discusses the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. It describes legal justifications for the Bush administration's interrogation program.
OFFICIALS MENTIONED:
- George W. Bush
- Jane Harman
- Lindsey Graham
- Larry DiRita
- Donald H. Rumsfeld
- John Ashcroft
- Cofer Black
- Colin L. Powell
- John C. Yoo
- William Howard Taft, IV
- Alberto R. Gonzales
- Rick Baccus
- Richard B. Myers
- William J. Haynes, II
- Geoffrey D. Miller
- Stephen A. Cambone
- William G. Boykin
- Janis Leigh Karpinski
- Paul Wayne Bergrin
- Ricardo Sanchez
METHODS MENTIONED:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
- 2004-05-24, Death
- Following the Abu Ghraib scandal, members of Congress viewed "1,800 slides and several videos" that showed American soldiers abusing detainees.