The chorus of public voices against coercive interrogations appears to be growing.
However, military officers who served in Cuba said the controls on coercive interrogation methods appeared to have been stronger at Guantánamo than they were in Iraq.
Karen Matthews has been subjected to a Today programme interrogation that appeared to position the mother as the perpetrator: Sarah Montague asked her seven times about her lifestyle.
And on July 16th, in another flashback to 1998, armed police in balaclavas pounced on Mr Anwar and took him for questioning.Last time Mr Anwar was beaten during interrogation and appeared in court with a black eye.
Details from his interrogation have appeared in The Hindu, an Indian newspaper, which names him as Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman, from Faridkot, a village in the Pakistani province of Punjab.His testimony is only part of the windfall of evidence.
The C.I.A. denies that it uses torture to extract information from prisoners, although a 2004 report by the agency's inspector general concluded that some of its interrogation practices appeared to constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
A report by Mr. Helgerson's office completed in April 2004 concluded that some C.I.A.-approved interrogation methods appeared to constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, as defined by the international Convention Against Torture.
A report by Mr. Helgerson's office completed in the spring of 2004 warned that some C.I.A.-approved interrogation procedures appeared to constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, as defined by the international Convention Against Torture.
The torture, sexual violence and inhumane conditions of detention that victims endure during the search and initial interrogation phase appear to be based on standard procedures".
