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  • General slams Amnesty report - (McCain urges "congressional oversight of Gitmo")

    05/29/2005 11:16:02 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 38 replies · 1,032+ views
    WASHINGTON TIMES.COM ^ | MAY 30, 2005 | AUDREY HUDSON
    Gen. Richard B. Myers yesterday condemned as "absolutely irresponsible" an Amnesty International report that compared prisoner treatment at Guantanamo Bay to the Soviet gulag, adding that 100 out of 68,000 detainees held in the war against terrorism were abused. Amnesty International also suggested that foreign governments investigate senior U.S. officials involved in "torture scandals" and arrest and question Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, former CIA Director William Tenet, and Vice President Dick Cheney. "I think it's irresponsible. I think it's absolutely irresponsible," Gen. Myers told "Fox News Sunday." We've had 100 cases of substantiated abuse and there are 100 individuals...