Current Event #4: U.S. Knowledge of Prison Abuse in Afghanistan

So apparently, the U.S, had some idea of the severe torture than Afghan prison officials subjected their prisoners to, and yet, they still transferred several detainees to Afghan intelligence agency detention centers.

Though American officials never actually partook in these tortures, they were warned repeatedly about the abuse that was happening at these Afghan facilities; and even when other countries stopped sending prisoners to these prisons, the U.S. still continued to do so. When the UN brought attention to this matter to General John Allen (the top military commander) he immediately stopped sending prisoners and basically tried to cover up by making a program to monitor those facilities and conduct investigations on the interrogators.

Now the U.S. gov't is getting a lot of heat for this issue, but they're attempting to side-step it the best that they can.

For me, I am not all that surprised that this happened. It is precisely these kinds of things that sows mistrust between the U.S. gov't and it's people--or the U.S. gov't and the rest of the world. Our gov't doing things like this is sneaky, unethical, and basically everything anyone with an apathetic view towards the gov't would think of them.
Not to mention, this might hurt Obama's chances for reelection, as this happened under his watch, so responsibility will most likely be shifted to him.

for more reading: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/us-had-advance-warning-of-abuse-at-afghan-prisons-officials-say/2011/10/21/gIQA7Dg2VM_story.html