The Bush administration has been caught in another lie.

Remember how the president looked earnestly into the television cameras on Oct. 6, 2007, and said, “This government does not torture people.”

While the issue of illegal and inhumane practices towards prisoners erupted into public consciousness following the release of gruesome photos from Abu Ghraib in April 2004, secret memos dating from much earlier reveal that detailed and elaborate discussions on the use of torture were held in the White House by top government officials

Rather than just “a few bad apples,” as those lower military members who were prosecuted for their crimes at Abu Ghraib were labeled, these documents prove the “rot” began at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Full article at Workers.org

October 2007
“This government does not torture people. We stick to US law and our international obligations.”