Ashcroft Under Pressure On US Torture Policy

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Ashcroft under pressure on US torture policy
By FT reporters
Financial Times


Published: June 8 2004 17:47 | Last Updated: June 8 2004 17:47


John Ashcroft, US attorney general, on Tuesday came under pressure from Senators over US policy on the torture of prisoners. The attorney general dismissed suggestions that any actions by President George W. Bush or the Department of Justice had led directly to prisoner abuse by US soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Mr Ashcroft, who was giving evidence to the Senate judiciary committee, came under sharp questioning from Senators during the hearing on Tuesday morning. He said that "any notion" that actions by the President or the Department of Justice "has directly resulted in atrocities is a false and inappropriate conclusion".

Sen Edward Kennedy held up photographs of the alleged abuse at Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad as he questioned the attorney general. Mr Ashcroft added that any soldiers found to have been in contravention of the law on the use of torture of Iraqi prisoners would be treated accordingly.

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