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W. House ignored FBI concerns on prisoner abuse

                   
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20-May-2008
        
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By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Bush administration security officials ignored FBI concerns over abusive treatment of terrorism suspects, which one agent called "borderline torture," a four-year Justice Department probe found. The FBI, alarmed by interrogation techniques such as... [read full story]                    

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FBI agents created “war crimes file” documenting US torture

indymedia.org.uk
22-May-2008
        

FBI agents who witnessed the torture of detainees at the US prison camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba created what they called a “war crimes” file documenting what they had seen, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

                   

White House puts aside FBI's warnings on detainee abuse

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21-May-2008
        

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The White House ignored early warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, that U.S. interrogators may have abused detainees, according to a new report from the Justice Department. The report, released here Wednesday, shows that FBI agents started...

                   

FBI agent backs Habib abuse claim

news.com.au
21-May-2008
        

AN FBI agent watched former Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib repeatedly vomit during a marathon interrogation session at Guantanamo Bay in 2004, according to a long-awaited US Justice Department report released yesterday. The agent said Mr Habib, a former Sydney taxi driver held at the US...

                   

Audit: FBI warnings on torture unheeded

journalgazette.net
21-May-2008
        

WASHINGTON – CIA and military interrogators bucked repeated warnings from the FBI that methods used to question terrorist suspects were in some cases “borderline torture” and potentially illegal, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog reported Tuesday.

                   

FBI agents watch Gitmo abuse - report

news.com.au
21-May-2008
        

From correspondents in Los Angeles AN FBI agent watched Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib repeatedly vomit during a marathon interrogation session at Guantanamo Bay in 2004, according to a long-awaited US Justice Department report released today. The agent said Mr Habib, a former Sydney taxi...

                   

FBI watched Guantanamo abuse - report

news.com.au
21-May-2008
        

From correspondents in Los Angeles AN FBI agent watched Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib repeatedly vomit during a marathon interrogation session at Guantanamo Bay in 2004, according to a long-awaited US Justice Department report released today. The agent said Mr Habib, a former Sydney taxi...

FBI agents complained about interrogations in 2002

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20-May-2008
        

"FBI agents complained repeatedly, beginning in 2002, about the harsh interrogation tactics that military and CIA interrogators were using in questioning terrorism suspects, like making them do dog tricks and parade in the nude in front of female soldiers, but their complaints appear to have had...

                   

Audit: FBI didn't join harsh terror interrogations

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20-May-2008
        

— CIA and military interrogators bucked repeated warnings from the FBI that methods used to question terror suspects were in some cases "borderline torture" and potentially illegal, the Justice Department's internal watchdog reported Tuesday. Prosecutors stopped far short of pursuing charges...

                   

W. House ignored FBI concerns on prisoner abuse

tiscali.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Bush administration security officials ignored FBI concerns over abusive treatment of terrorism suspects, which one agent called "borderline torture," a four-year Justice Department probe found. The FBI, alarmed by interrogation techniques such as...

                   

W. House ignored FBI concerns on prisoner abuse

reuters.co.uk
20-May-2008
        

By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Bush administration security officials ignored FBI concerns over abusive treatment of terrorism suspects, which one agent called "borderline torture," a four-year Justice Department probe found. The FBI, alarmed by interrogation techniques such as...

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