America 'can't hide behind intelligence' says Un torture probe

The United Nations has told the US that it must set a better example in combating torture and cannot hide behind intelligence activities in refusing to discuss violations of the global ban on prisoner abuse in the war on terror.

In Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Committee Against Torture asked US officials about a series of issues ranging from Washington’s interpretation of the absolute ban on torture to its interrogation methods in prisons such as Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.