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Politics : The American Spirit Vs. The Rightwing

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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (735)9/16/2004 11:05:35 AM
From: AuBug  Read Replies (2) of 1904
 
PRISON SCANDAL: New Book Says Bush Officials Were Told of Detainee Abuse
By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr.
Published: September 12, 2004

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 - Senior military and national security officials in the Bush administration were repeatedly warned by subordinates in 2002 and 2003 that prisoners in military custody were being abused, according to a new book by a prominent journalist.

Seymour M. Hersh, a writer for The New Yorker who earlier this year was among the first to disclose details of the abuses of prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, makes the charges in his book "Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib" (HarperCollins), which is being released Monday. The book draws on the articles he wrote about the campaign against terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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nytimes.com

Bush tortured prisoners and made a mockery of the Geneva Conventions.
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