In Denial: US 'shoots messenger' to save face in WikiLeaks scandal

RussiaToday
October 26, 2010
Washington's denying it ignored numerous cases of Iraqi torture and killing over the past six years. The allegations stem from 400,000 secret U.S. files on the war in Iraq, leaked by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. The documents detail U.S. forces handing prisoners over to Iraqi interrogators, despite overwhelming evidence of inhumane treatment. Many detainees were said to have died violent deaths. U.S. military officials say their orders were not to intervene directly. Washington's refusing to investigate the allegations, despite an outcry from half a dozen Arab countries. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says the American media's now trying to divert public attention from the WikiLeaks report, by slamming its founder Julian Assange.