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Report: FBI Slow in Reporting Detainee Abuse

legitgov.org
May 21, 2008
        

FBI officials should have moved more quickly to sound alarms about abusive interrogation practices [torture] its agents witnessed in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report by an agency watchdog released this morning. The lengthy study by the Justice Department's inspector general...

                   

W. House ignored FBI concerns on prisoner 'borderline torture'

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May 21, 2008
        

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 the use of snarling dogs, sexual provocation...

                   

Audit clears FBI of detainee abuse

montereyherald.com
May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

                   

FBI clashed with Pentagon over torture

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May 21, 2008
        

Federal audit finds agents withdrew from interrogations By LARA JAKES JORDAN • Associated Press • May 21, 2008 WASHINGTON -- A Justice Department audit of terror interrogations at three military bases overseas concluded Tuesday that FBI agents refused to participate when detainees were questioned...

                   

FBI complained about harsh questioning of detainees, study says

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May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON – FBI agents repeatedly complained that harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo might violate the law and jeopardize future criminal trials, but administration officials did little to address the concerns, a government watchdog concluded in...

                   

FBI agents watch Gitmo abuse - report

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May 21, 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
May 21, 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's interrogation complaints ignored

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May 21, 2008
        

FBI agents repeatedly complained that harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay might violate the law and jeopardize future criminal trials, but administration officials did little to address the concerns, a government watchdog concluded in a report...

                   

FBI agents' torture warnings ignored, Justice official says

chron.com
May 21, 2008
        

FBI agents repeatedly complained that harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo might violate the law and jeopardize future criminal trials, but administration officials did little to address the concerns, a government watchdog concluded in a report...

                   

FBI's torture concerns aired

nwsource.com
May 21, 2008
        

By ERIC LICHTBLAU and SCOTT SHANE The New York Times WASHINGTON — In 2002, concerned about the treatment of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, FBI agents created a "war-crimes file" to document accusations against U.S. military personnel, a Justice Department report disclosed Tuesday. The Justice...