Justice: FBI flagged mistreatment of detainees

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents raised concerns about U.S. interrogators mistreating terror detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay during the three years after Sept. 11 but in some cases were slow to report it, an upcoming Justice Department report concludes.

Additionally, in a few isolated cases, FBI agents did not immediately withdraw when they witnessed harsh treatment of detainees who were being questioned, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the report.

The report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine is expected to be released Tuesday after more than three years in the making. It is certain to fuel debate over whether the Bush administration knowingly allowed the use of interrogation tactics widely defined as illegal forms of torture.

The report's release was delayed for more than three years due to disagreements and negotiations between Fine's office and the Pentagon over how much would be classified or otherwise shielded from public review, according to several people familiar with the situation.

It is also expected to raise questions about the Justice Department's refusal to prosecute interrogators who used waterboarding on suspects — despite the FBI's conclusion that such tough tactics appeared to be illegal.



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Report sheds light on the “most serious issues of our time.”
May 19th, 2008 by Staff · No Comments
Members of the American Civil Liberties Union as well as Representatives Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, met today to discuss the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s role in harsh interrogations conducted on detainees abroad. The report is expected to be released sometime today or tomorrow, according to the ACLU.

The DOJ Inspector General’s report has been in the works for about four years and its release has been long anticipated. The ACLU hopes the report will disclose the nature of the FBI’s involvement in the interrogations and what steps FBI officials took to try and stop the torture and abuse, and any new informations regarding the approval of torture for use during investigations. Congress requested the report after documents were released during litigation to enforce and Oct. 2003 ACLU Freedom of Information Act request for records concerning the treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody abroad.

Nadler hopes the report will investigate the administrations harsh use of interrogation like torture. “We now know that the instigation of torture were made at the highest level of government” and those who made the decision need to be held accountable. Nalder also offered criticism towards the FBI for the slow manner in which they acted on the complaints.

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[ToughLuck]

1. Gee, more delayed reports? What a shock. Get that fucking Yoo bastard

and Bush/Cheney/ Rumsfeld/Addington's ass in front of congress under oath already! The JAG's actually tried in the past to stop this administration, but alas, Cheney/Bush found a way to minimize their information..with the help of Congress.

[C_U_L8R]

2. There's gonna be a whole lotta butt covering

going on before the Bushes leave town.
Last one out of the administration is IT.
Olly olly in come free.

[bluesmail]

3. It's going to take decades to untangle

if we ever get to that point, legally speaking, who IS responsible for this catastrophe.

[stillcool]

4. The FBI?

I would think that torture would be left to the military and the spooks.