FROM THE LA TIMES LETTERS PAGE



Re "3 Witnesses at Iraq Abuse Hearing Refused to Testify," May 19: I find it incredibly ironic that the same soldiers who used torture tactics on usually innocent Iraqi detainees to get them to "talk" are now cowardly hiding behind our constitutional/military protections to avoid telling what they know.

I wonder if we "softened them up," maybe they would be more willing to give us the information that we need to prosecute everyone responsible.

Laurie C. Fisher

San Diego




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