Date published: 2006/03/07
The BBC says:
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has defended the treatment of terrorism suspects held at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay.
Speaking on a visit to the UK, Mr Gonzales denied prisoners at the camp in Cuba had been tortured.
He told the BBC that of thousands of allegations of mistreatment, only five had been found to be genuine.
He also denied the US had used airports in Europe to transfer prisoners to countries where they would be tortured.
Last month a UN report called for the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay to be closed immediately, saying prisoners had no access to justice and were subjected to treatment that amounted to torture.
Mr Gonzales said his message to critics was "we hear what you're saying".
"We are aware of your concerns, we are here to communicate exactly what's going on in Guantanamo," he said.
"If there are alternatives, we are always willing to look at that."
It does the American government no good that they lie over and over again in the face of massive evidence to the contrary. Indeed Gonzales is one of the dreadful lawyers who told Bush that he could authorise torture (hey, he's the president so can do what he wants). And the torture that the Americans are too squeamish to carry out themselves they are outsourcing to various nasty regimes around the world. The fact that Gonzales is US Attorney General tells you everything you need to know about the Bush regime.
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