World at War

After years of denials and mixed messages, a Bush administration official has finally admitted to the fact that the U.S. military tortured a 9/11 co-conspirator .

Susan Crawford, administrator of the military commissions system in Guantanamo Bay, told the Washington Post newspaper that Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged “20^th hijacker,” was subject to hard interrogation techniques. These techniques included forced nudity, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure to cold and sustained isolation.

Crawford stated that these torture methods left Qahtani in a position in which his life was in threat.

The White House responded stating that is not the position of the Bush administration to condone torture.

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