Torturous Questions

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010

Janis Karpinski, Colonel in the US Army, former commander of Brigade which oversaw the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
and
Craig Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan until October 2004
- criticizes the use of torture in obtaining intelligence

» The "Bush Commission,", which is holding a mock trial of the Bush administration for war crimes this weekend
» BBC report on Craig Murray's criticism of intelligence gained from torture
» Craig Murray's website

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