The State Department's annual report on human rights Monday criticized dozens of governments for mistreating prisoners and using practices that U.S. forces also have used in the war on terror.
The report also condemned the routine use of torture in three countries - Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia - where U.S. forces have transferred detainees or arranged for their custody....
The State Department criticized Pakistan for use of "prolonged isolation," "denial of sleep" and "painful shackling;" Egypt for "stripping and blindfolding" and dousing detainees with cold water; and Syria for forcing prisoners to stand for long periods of time.
Those tactics were also used and approved by the Pentagon in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where more than 500 detainees are held.
When asked why the report had no findings on the United States treatment of prisoner, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Kozak said this:
"The reason we don't do a report on ourselves is the same reason you wouldn't write investigative reports about your own finances or something; it wouldn't have any credibility. Somebody else needs to do that. It's not that we're against being scrutinized, and indeed we are scrutinized by many other organizations: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International."
Well, Amnesty International DID do it, and the Bushites have been whining about it for days.
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