NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Time magazine has obtained documents that shed new light on how a CIA prisoner died at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Photographs of Manadel al-Jamadi's battered corpse were among the many made public in the spring of 2004, raising stark questions about America's treatment of enemy detainees.
Some clues as to how al-Jamadi died are contained in hundreds of pages of records of three inquiries into his death.
While the documents suggest a story more of recklessness than of outright brutality, the magazine said the way al-Jamadi's death was handled after the fact raises questions about whether the CIA is under adequate legal oversight.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has pushed through the Senate an amendment that would ban "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" by any U.S. personnel. President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation unless the amendment is removed.
