CBS News | U.N. Report: U.S. Tortures Detainees | February 13, 2006 23:04:53

CBS News | U.N. Report: U.S. Tortures Detainees | February 13, 2006 23:04:53:

'In their view, the legal regime applied to these detainees seriously undermines the rule of law and a number of fundamental universally recognized human rights, which are the essence of democratic societies,' the report said.

The report's findings were based on interviews with former detainees, public documents, media reports, lawyers, and a questionnaire filled out by U.S. officials.

Many of the allegations have been made before, but the document is the first such accounting from the U.N. rapporteurs, who are charged by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights to investigate rights concerns around the world.

What?! I could have sworn I heard Shrub and Condo say that the U.S. doesn't do torture! Evidently, people who work for the U.S. do torture.