Tue 1 Jul 2008
Bush’s top general quashed torture dissent
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Globalization/EmpireNo Comments
New evidence shows that despite warnings from across the military, former Gen. Richard Myers shut down legal scrutiny of brutal interrogation tactics.
By Mark Benjamin Salon 6/30/08
WASHINGTON — The former Air Force general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Myers, helped quash dissent from across the U.S. military as the Bush administration first set up a brutal interrogation regime for terrorism suspects, according to newly public documents and testimony from an ongoing Senate probe. (more…)