12. The Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Treating of Detainees in December 2008

The Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Treating of Detainees in December 2008

 

The Senate Armed Services Committee Report states that the authorization that was used in the interrogation tactics / techniques by the senior officials was a direct abuse of power.   The "approval" of the abuse demonstrated by the soldiers was in direct violation of the Geneva Convention.  The report links the abusive interrogation techniques and the interrogation policy for the individuals held as detainees in US custody as a major violation.  The abuse that the detainees suffered at the hands of the US soldiers  can only be described as actions of the senior officials who wanted to pass the blame onto the lower ranking soldiers.   The orders, whether written or oral, was clearly given and allowed.

 

The report states that Rumsfeld was also responsible for the actions that took place, and the idea that the harsher the punishment that they more information was possible through the techniques used under the "Bush Administration idea".