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Ten Questions: #1

Larry Siems,
The Torture Report
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November 30, 2010

When the to defend its human rights record, State Department legal advisor Harold Koh assured the world that the U.S. had 鈥渢horoughly investigated鈥 alleged abuses of detainees in U.S. custody, and that 鈥渁ppropriate corrective action has been taken.鈥 Koh also asserted that the Justice Department鈥檚 initial investigation into torture was actively looking into allegations of abuse by the CIA and other civilian agencies.

Drawing largely from material that has been covered in , we have come up with 10 follow-up questions for the U.S. about its compliance with domestic and international prohibitions against torture.

In January 2009, Susan Crawford, the former Convening Authority of the Guant谩namo Military Commissions, she had not referred Mohammed Al-Qahtani's case for prosecution because "We tortured Qahtani"; his treatment, she said, "met the legal definition of torture." Can you list the names and ranks of all military personnel who have been investigated for ordering and carrying out his interrogation, and the status and results of any court-martial or other disciplinary proceedings that resulted from those investigations?

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