June 25, 2004

Document Dump Deception:

"The administration's document dump was notable for what it didn't include. For example, according to Sen. Patrick Leahy it included 'only 3 of the 23 documents that Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee requested and tried to subpoena last week, and of those 3 documents, 2 were already available worldwide on the Internet.' Although the administration released a February 2002 memo by President Bush addressing the treatment of prisoners it didn't address the critical question: 'Did the President sign any directive regarding the treatment or interrogation of detainees after February 7, 2002?' And although the last document released was dated April 16, 2003 the worst abuses are known to have occurred months later... "

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