Abu Ghraib Continued

Documents reveal that the abuses continued at Abu Ghraib after the photographs of tortures stunned the country, scandalized U.S. allies and confirmed what U.S. adversaries said about American morality. In the throes of Hypocracy in America, we're about to see one of the architects of the torture policy be nominated for Attorney General.

Senator Patrick Leahy says he will make this an issue during the confirmation hearings of Albert Gonzales:

''The Bush administration circled the wagons long ago and has continually maintained that the abuses were the work of 'a few bad apples,' " Leahy said. ''But we know that the photos from Abu Ghraib do not depict an isolated incident. Abuses have occurred in many locations, including Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and in a number of other facilities within Iraq. I have long said that somewhere in the upper reaches of the executive branch a process was set in motion that rolled forward until it produced this scandal."

This story in the Boston Globe details the revelations, which come principally from the FBI:

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