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Ten Questions: #8

Larry Siems,
The Torture Report
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December 9, 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.

Maher Arar and Khaled El-Masri were concededly innocent individuals mistakenly swept up into the CIA's rendition program. , and for collaborating with the United States in the rendition and torture of Khaled El Masri. By contrast, in the United States , Arar's and El Masri's lawsuits have been thrown out of court before ever getting to the merits. What investigations have been conducted in the United States into their torture, and who has been held accountable?

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