US probe uncovers Guantanamo Bay prisoner abuse

A US military investigation has found evidence of degrading and abusive treatment by interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba, which is being used as a prison for terrorist suspects.

The top Democrat on the Senate armed services committee Carl Levin said the investigation, which looked into FBI allegations of abuse of prisoners, showed that the purpose of the abuses recorded was to gather intelligence – and indicated that the problem was not an isolated one.