Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
"The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"–a newHBO documentary–traces the political and legal precedents that led to the torture of prisoners at the infamous Iraqi prison. It includes numerous interviews with U.S. soldiers directly involved with torture at Abu Ghraib, Iraqi torture survivors as well as experts, legal scholars and former government officials. We speak with acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy.
Support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is eroding on Capitol Hill as more lawmakers from both sides of the aisle join the chorus of voices calling for him to step down over the US attorneys controversy. If Gonzales resigns, his legacy will forever be tainted by the Justice Department scandal, but his most infamous act was not the US attorney firings, it may well be his role in paving the way for the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guanatanmo Bay.
As White House counsel, Gonzales advised President Bush in a 2002 memo that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to the treatment of enemy prisoners in the so-called 'war on terror.' Many say that helped lay the legal groundwork for the torture of prisoners. Another memo sought by Gonzales provided a narrow definition of torture so as to allow very severe interrogation techniques.
Support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is eroding on Capitol Hill as more lawmakers from both sides of the aisle join the chorus of voices calling for him to step down over the US attorneys controversy. If Gonzales resigns, his legacy will forever be tainted by the Justice Department scandal, but his most infamous act was not the US attorney firings, it may well be his role in paving the way for the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guanatanmo Bay.
As White House counsel, Gonzales advised President Bush in a 2002 memo that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to the treatment of enemy prisoners in the so-called 'war on terror.' Many say that helped lay the legal groundwork for the torture of prisoners. Another memo sought by Gonzales provided a narrow definition of torture so as to allow very severe interrogation techniques.