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The suppressed fact: Deaths by U.S. torture



After numerous delays sought by the Obama administration, it is expected that a 2004 CIA Inspector General's Report -- aggressively questioning both the efficacy and legality of Bush's interrogation tactics -- will be released tomorrow.

So often, the premise of media discussions of torture is that "torture" is something that was confined to a single tactic (waterboarding) and used only on three "high-value" detainees accused of being high-level Al Qaeda operatives.  The reality is completely different. 

The interrogation and detention regime implemented by the U.S. resulted in the deaths of over 100 detainees in U.S. custody -- at least.

authorized at the highest levels of the Bush White House,

we've always considered those tactics to be "torture" when used by others

Those arguing against investigations and prosecutions

are thus literally advocating that numerous people get away with murder.