Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker is reporting that the prison abuse scandal in Iraq is the result of a top-secret black operations program OKd by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that called for the use of physical coercion and sexual humiliation during the interrogation of high-value suspects in the war on terror. Hersh reports the secret program began with Al Qaida operatives but was expanded in Iraq last year as the resistance against the U.S. occupation increased. We’ll be speaking to Seymour Hersh in a few minutes.
Seymour Hersh: Prison Abuse Part of Black Ops Program
HeadlineMay 17, 2004