The ACLU Will Have The Right All A-twitter,

again.

They have been looking into how the US is treating POWs and various other detainees and have discovered that a number of these prisoners have died while being questioned.

The American Civil Liberties Union today made public an analysis of new and previously released autopsy and death reports of detainees held in U.S. facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan

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The documents show that detainees were hooded, gagged, strangled, beaten with blunt objects, subjected to sleep deprivation and to hot and cold environmental conditions.

"There is no question that U.S. interrogations have resulted in deaths," said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. "High-ranking officials who knew about the torture and sat on their hands and those who created and endorsed these policies must be held accountable. America must stop putting its head in the sand and deal with the torture scandal that has rocked our military."

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The documents show that detainees died during or after interrogations by Navy Seals, Military Intelligence and "OGA" (Other Governmental Agency) -- a term, according to the ACLU, that is commonly used to refer to the CIA.

There is quite a bit more.

There are a number of truly troubling issues with this report, but the one that I find most amazing is the kill the messenger mentality of the right. If we had not tortured people to death, the ACLU would not have anything to report.

Of course, our dear leaders have plans in place to address this criminal activity.

The Bush administration has proposed exempting employees of the Central Intelligence Agency from a legislative measure endorsed earlier this month by 90 members of the Senate that would bar cruel and degrading treatment of any prisoners in U.S. custody.

Charming group we have leading us right now, just charming.