VIDEO: Rep. Shays: Abu Ghraib Was “A Sex Ring...But It Wasn't Torture”...

The Stamford Advocate Mark Ginocchio October 13, 2006 02:29 PM

Excerpt from The Stamford Advocate:

U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays was under fire yesterday after saying in a debate earlier this week that the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison was not torture but rather a "sex ring" involving National Guard troops...

..."Now I've seen what happened in Abu Ghraib, and Abu Ghraib was not torture," Shays said according to a transcript provided by Democratic challenger Diane Farrell's campaign and confirmed by others who attended the debate. "It was outrageous, outrageous involvement of National Guard troops from (Maryland) who were involved in a sex ring and they took pictures of soldiers who were naked. And they did other things that were just outrageous. But it wasn't torture."

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