W.House Expects Probe of Iraq, Guantanamo Abuses

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it expected a full investigation of prisoner abuses in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after new FBI memos described detainees facing beatings and having lit cigarettes placed in their ears.

"If there is abuse that occurs, we expect it to be investigated fully and people to be held accountable, and measures taken to make sure that it doesn't happen again," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

He said the Defense Department was investigating "a number of allegations that have been made," and added: "We expect them to get to the bottom of it."

The White House was responding to newly released FBI e-mails that reported some military interrogators, posing as FBI agents to avoid being held accountable, used torture techniques. One told of an interrogation at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in which a detainee was wrapped in an Israeli flag and bombarded with loud music and strobe lights.

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=7151522

[whosinpower]

1. And what of the executive order

Signed by Bush authorizing these "interrogations"??????

[underpants]

2. If they want Annan to resign while THAT investigation is going on...

wouldn't they say that W should resign? I mean their "there is no way we can have a full investigation if the guy at the top is running things" argument is so sound that you just can't argue with it. Maybe W gets an out because this would be the only investigation going on at the time and the only thing that really needs any investigation.

right?

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Meanwhile, Fox news is ratcheting up for the Robert Blake trial...

...just in case.

[Vidar]

4. Don't hold your breath. Whatever happened to the 9-11 report?

White House equals White Wash.