Torture memos

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The int'l red cross was not present to give testimony about what happened.

The International Red Cross report is based on first-hand accounts.

Unfortunately, the US had refused to sign the UNCAT optional protocol adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2002 that established "an international inspection system for places of detention" (signed by nearly all of our European allies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optiona..._or_Punishment

And one of the DOJ memos states that:

"The CIA used the waterboard "at least 83 times during August 2002" in the interrogation of Zubaydaydah... and 183 times during March 2003 in the interrogation of KSM (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed)"

They can call it an "enhanced interrogation technique"..but it is torture by any other standard.