New details about interrogation techniques were found today in several hundred pages of documents released by the White House and the departments of Defense and Justice that portray a Bush administration struggling to set down specific rules governing interrogation methods in the early days of the war on terror up to the start of the war in Iraq in March 2003. At no time does the administration approve anything approaching what was done to inmates who have been seen in photographs being abused and sexually humiliated at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, according to the documents. Tom, looks like you may get what you asked for -- a public debate about torture in the context of the global war on terrorism. Call me contradicted. This is only a start, but it's a step in the open direction. White House Releases Documents Detailing Interrogating Tactics |