ACLU Exposes Abuses by Marines in Iraq, Including Mock Executions of Juveniles

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"'Day after day, news stories of torture are coming to light, and we need to know how these abuses were allowed to happen,' said ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. 'This kind of widespread abuse could not have taken place without a leadership failure of the highest order.'"

"There is growing evidence that the abuse of detainees was not aberrational but systemic, and that senior officials either approved of the abuse or were deliberately indifferent to it," the ACLU said, adding "the public has a right to know what the government's policies were, why these abuses were allowed to take place, and who was ultimately responsible."