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Brain -> Haunted by Homicide: Federal Grand Jury Investigates War Crimes and Torture in Death of the Iceman (6/13/2011 10:56:54 PM)
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This is all anticlimactic to me now. I can't get into it because so much has happened since then. I don't agree with the writer that this matter is 'explosive'.
Haunted by Homicide: Federal Grand Jury Investigates War Crimes and Torture in Death of 'the Iceman' at Abu Ghraib, Plus Other Alleged CIA Abuses
By Adam Zagorin
Official investigations ruled al-Jamadi's death a homicide. Investigators concluded that while in CIA custody, the prisoner was hung on a wall before succumbing to asphyxiation and “blunt force injuries.” The CIA's Inspector General referred the case to the Justice Department shortly after it happened for possible prosecution, but no action was taken.
Unanswered questions surround the killing. According to official reports, investigators were unable to examine key evidence because the victim's blood was removed from the floor of the death cell on orders of a U.S. military officer. The CIA allegedly removed a blood-stained hood that had been placed over the victim's head. A CIA supervisor later admitted he destroyed it. Immediately after the killing, CIA and military personnel argued over who might be blamed; the corpse was iced to slow decomposition and stored in a shower room overnight, before being spirited away with an intravenous tube attached to one arm, creating the impression that al-Jamadi was still alive.
Last month, Michael Mukasey, who served as U.S. Attorney General under Bush, declared it "absolutely outrageous" that the Justice Department was still looking into potential CIA wrongdoing. Even groups like the American Civil Liberties Union are unhappy, because Durham's mandate focuses on CIA activity that exceeded guidelines drawn up by top Bush Administration lawyers. ACLU officials have argued that the guidelines were too lax.
http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/06/13/haunted-by-homicide-federal-grand-jury-investigates-war-crimes-and-torture-in-death-of-the-ice-man-at-abu-ghraib-and-other-alleged-cia-abuses/
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