Those declarations, by retired Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, are contained in the preface he wrote for a new report by Physicians for Human Rights, "Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact." The group said its findings — "based on  internationally accepted standards for clinical assessment of torture claims" — are the first to use medical evidence to document first-hand accounts of torture. Eleven former detainees were examined.

Taguba testified before Congress in 2004 about the abuses at Abu Ghraib after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. His damning report ultimately led to his being pushed out of the Army.

ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper noted Taguba's statements and the report on his blog.

Read the whole damned thing here.

From a comment on the USA Today site:

It looks like for now the only person held accountable for his actions is Gen Taguba. He was fired for daring to tell the truth and present what facts he was able to dig up despite the cover-up at the highest levels. Deny, Deny, & Deny is the policy on torture. All the generals mentioned in the piece are probably still around. Rummi and his pals were allowed to move out of the line of fire and are strangely gone from tthe scene. They tried to actually reward Paul Wolfowitz by making him president of the world bank for awhile. Tommy Franks and Tenant were awarded the nation's highest civilian medals for their heroic actions. No accountability there. The administration fuzzed-up the situation to make it almost impossible for anyone to find out the truth. The only other option is to elect Obama and have his democratic attorney general appoint a special prosecutor to hound these people for the next 5 years or so with no llimits on the scope of the investigation, until they are all totally disgraced, branded, painted, and jailed for their crimes; maybe the US will be able to gain back some honor & credibility. Natalie Maines may have had it partially right that she was ashamed of some of the things her country does. Certainly nothing to brag about. We can win without these measures.

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