Pentagon Investigation Clears Top Gov't Officials of Prisoner Abuse

The Pentagon essentially cleared itself of abusing prisoners today when it released the results of an investigation into the interrogation of prisoners in the war on terror.
The report concluded, 'We found no link between approved interrogation techniques and detainee abuse.'
The investigation was commenced shortly after the prison scandal at Abu Ghraib prison was discovered after videos and photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees were made public.
The review covered prisoner abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. The report did concluded that there was a lack of guidance as to interrogation techniques but did not link that directly to abuse of detainees. Navy Vice Admiral Albert T. Church, the author of the report said, 'We cannot say that there would necessarily have been less detainee abuse had these opportunities been acted upon.'