Torture and Guantánamo Bay

The Guardian reports that top aides in the Bush Administration pushed for the use of torture in interrogation of suspected terrorists in Guantánamo Bay, without the knowledge of then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, who mistakenly believed that those prisoners were protected the Geneva Conventions. Of particular interest, these interrogation techniques were inspired by none other the fictional figure Jack Bauer of the television series 24.