The Bush administration moved aggressively Tuesday to signal it took seriously abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq as detailed by a Pentagon investigation. ...So why did all this "aggressive" movement only take place after the horrendous torture was revealed to the world?
Secretary of State Colin Powell condemned such acts as "immoral" and "despicable."
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice gave television interviews to three Arab networks ... indicating the White House appears to be keenly aware of the outrage around the world, particularly among Muslims.
Rumsfeld said he would take "all measures necessary" to ensure that such abuse of detainees "does not happen again."
Footnote: Donald Rumsfeld insisted on calling the treatment "abuse." "I'm not going to address the 'torture' word," he said, because "I'm not a lawyer."
Apparently, neither is he a human being.
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