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February 10, 2011

WikiLeaks Docs: Torture-Linked Egyptian Police Trained in U.S. 
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Newly released classified U.S. diplomatic cables from Wiki Leaks have
shed more light on the key U.S. support for human rights abuses under
Mubarak's regime in Egypt. The cables show Egyptian secret police
received training at the FBI's facility in Quantico, Virginia, even as
U.S. diplomats in Egypt sent dispatches alleging extensive abuse under
their watch. Coincidentally, Quantico also hosts the military base where
alleged Wiki Leaks whistleblower U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is
being held in solitary confinement. A cable from October 2009 cites
allegations from "credible" sources that some prisoners were tortured
"with electric shocks and sleep deprivation to reduce them to a 'zombie
state.'" One cable from November 2007 shows then-FBI deputy director
John Pistole praised the head of Egypt's secret police for "excellent
and strong" cooperation between the two agencies. Pistole currently
heads the Transportation Security Administration in the United States.



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