U.S. Torture of prisoners was widespread under Cheney/Bush

Important article to read for those who want to know the truth...
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/sherwood-ross/30419/book-by-an-innocent-victim-suggests-torture-by-u-s-was-widespread

EXCERPT: during the presidency of George W. Bush, tens of thousands of innocent human beings...were swept up in dragnet arrests by the invading American forces or their allies and imprisoned without legal recourse---the very opposite of what America's Founders gifted to humanity in their Constitution. None of the prisoners ever saw a real judge or jury. Torture among them was widespread. As for President Barack Obama, sworn to uphold a Constitution that does not permit torture, his failure to act forthrightly and, in particular, to ignore crimes by the CIA, an agency for which he once worked, would appear to make him guilty of subversion of that founding charter which he is legally obliged to honor. As for not taking action against the countless Pentagon operatives who tortured---including doctors and dentists and surgeons, etc.---Obama’s inaction will permit these sadists to be returned one day to practice among the general civilian population. Think about that. Think, too, about the stain on the American flag that may never be washed clean.