Leaders Did Not Urge Abuse of Military-Held Prisoners, Report Says

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WASHINGTON -- A comprehensive U.S. military review of prisoner interrogation policies and techniques for the global war on terrorism concluded that no civilian or uniformed leaders directed or encouraged the prisoner abuse documented in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"We found no link between approved interrogation techniques and detainee abuse," the review concluded.

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Leaders Did Not Urge Abuse of Military-Held Prisoners, Report Says

The review led by Navy Vice Adm. Albert T. Church did cite, however, a number of "missed opportunities" in the development of interrogation policies, according to a 21-page executive summary of his findings due to be publicly relea...

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