Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
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Nov 9, 2026
Sherrilyn IfillGUEST
And we're not accepting the fact that we had a long period of no accountability that I think actually has something to do with the moment that we're in.
Sherrilyn IfillGUEST
You know, we saw Abu Ghraib and we saw the excesses during the Iraq War.
Sherrilyn IfillGUEST
And, you know, I go back to and Iran Contra, I hate dating myself, but yes, you know, there's all that's like, you know, the pardon Gerald Ford, like we this is what we do.
Sherrilyn IfillGUEST
We blow past these things without really without true accountability.
Michael LutzHOST
This is this is like ice detention stuff.
Michael LutzHOST
I mean, and then later on, like they are they are doing Abu Ghraib to these kids.
Cameron KunzelmanHOST
Yeah, they they are legit doing Abu.
Cameron KunzelmanHOST
Well, less Abu Ghraib and more Guantanamo, I guess.
Michael LutzHOST
Yes, I guess.
Michael LutzHOST
Yeah.
Ed WilsonGUEST
They're relentless.
Ed WilsonGUEST
There is no Abu Ghraib knows nothing like like some some young children have worked out how to really, really piss off their parents.
Ed WilsonGUEST
And it's done.
Ed WilsonGUEST
We've unleashed a beast.
Simon WhistlerNARRATOR
Derogations can take place repeatedly over extended periods, with few independent checks on how they are conducted.
Simon WhistlerNARRATOR
On paper, there are safeguards, just like I'm sure Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib had safeguards, but in practice their application is entirely up to the officers in charge.
Simon WhistlerNARRATOR
In China, huge emphasis is placed on confessions rather than... actual evidence.
Simon WhistlerNARRATOR
In a lot of cases, a confession isn't just part of a prosecution, but a key foundation of the case itself.
Abby MartinGUEST
You saw during the Bush administration, all of the scandals that were the worst crimes.
Abby MartinGUEST
I mean, Abu Ghraib, the Nasser Square Massacre, all those things we found out about much later.
Abby MartinGUEST
And there were, you know, like kind of show not trials, but it was like a show saving face.
Abby MartinGUEST
Right.
Jen KlingHOST
We don't have to imagine it.
Jen KlingHOST
This is what we did in Abu Ghraib.
Jen KlingHOST
Yeah, I mean, right.
Jen KlingHOST
This is real.
Mark RadulichHOST
But I've always had, the point of me telling you all that was I've always had kind of an appreciation for the military.
Mark RadulichHOST
And, you know, is some radical commie leftist going to come on here and say, ah, but the military does terrible things, Abu Ghraib and all that.
Mark RadulichHOST
Yeah, no institution is fucking perfect.
Mark RadulichHOST
But I would, like cops and airplanes, I think the statistics bear out there are more hits than misses.
Jack MurphyGUEST
Again, some more legalese.
Jack MurphyGUEST
And this was going on right after Abu Ghraib.
Jack MurphyGUEST
right and i was like no no young ranger you will not participate in any of that uh and um i mean shame that i didn't whistle like you want to okay i mean to what you were saying like if i went and blew the whistle our government's going to say oh no it's legal they signed off ect isn't torture they're just using stress positions and sleep deprivation and and then i'm the right i'm the one i'm the uh ed snowden on the run
Brent TuckerHOST
What jobs were these contractors? Were they essentially the prison guards? Who were these contractors? Yeah, they were
Brian LiebermanNARRATOR
Not what he remembered, but what he didn't.
Brian LiebermanNARRATOR
Before he woke up on a paramedic stretcher in college in 2018, Aaron Metzger couldn't remember ever hearing of Waco, Oklahoma City, or Columbine, of 9-11, Abu Ghraib, or Guantanamo Bay, of Ferguson, or Flint, of Katrina, Harvey, or Maria.
Brian LiebermanNARRATOR
When he spoke about his country, people could feel that.
Brian LiebermanNARRATOR
Not mourning in America, but the warm, steady embrace of a summer's afternoon.
Jennifer WelchHOST
In the future, there can be blowback from that.
Jennifer WelchHOST
There can be blowback from George W. Bush's Abu Ghraib and all of the war crimes committed there and the CIA black sites.
Jennifer WelchHOST
This is a conversation worthy of having.
Jennifer WelchHOST
And this is the conversations that corporate media doesn't want us to have because they say, these are the two sides and you can either pick A or B and those are the only options.
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