... Whatever facts emerge or charges unfold from the probe of destroyed videotapes by the Justice Department, the CIA's actions were just one small part of a much larger issue that Congress should address -- torture.
We Americans must demand that Congress investigate interrogation policies and practices of U.S. intelligence agencies and the military and, if abuses continue to occur, demand a return to high moral ground ...
... Pentagon documents -- including autopsy reports -- obtained by the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act show that military interrogators in Iraq and Afghanistan ventured well beyond rules in place before 2001 ...
The treatment of prisoners is a significant moral issue that also impacts the nation's reputation for protecting human rights. And yet Congress remains mostly silent and disengaged.
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