The New York Times this week published an editorial, "No Penalty for Torture," responding to Attorney General Eric Holder's decision last week not to prosecute those responsible for brutally torturing two detainees -- both of whom died during their imprisonment by the CIA.
Gul Rahman and Manadel al-Jamadi were in U.S. custody when they died, apparently as a result of torture. As the Times points out, Rahman died after suffering through induced hypothermia (an interrogation technique administered in Rahman's case by chaining him to a concrete wall in near freezing temperatures). Al-Jamadi died in the prison at Abu Ghraib, where, the Times says, his corpse was photographed wrapped in plastic.
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