1.0 link 107702 <![CDATA[CONFIRMED: U.S. Hid Detainees From The Red Cross]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/17/confirmed-us-hid-detainee_n_107702.html The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.

"We may need to curb the harsher operations while ICRC is around. It is better not to expose them to any controversial techniques," Lt. Col. Diane Beaver, a military lawyer who's since retired, said during an October 2002 meeting at the Guantanamo Bay prison to discuss...

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