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Relatives of Iraqi prisoners being held at Abu Ghraib denounce detainee treatment as they hold local newspapers featuring photos of U.S. soldiers abusing the prisoners inside the jail in May 2004. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'It Was Torture': An Abu Ghraib Interrogator Acknowledges 'Horrible Mistakes'

The techniques Eric Fair used still weigh on his conscience. "There is no middle ground," he says. "Torture is an enhanced interrogation." His new memoir is Consequence.

Relatives of Iraqi prisoners being held at Abu Ghraib denounce detainee treatment as they hold local newspapers featuring photos of U.S. soldiers abusing the prisoners inside the jail in May 2004. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'It Was Torture': An Abu Ghraib Interrogator Acknowledges 'Horrible Mistakes'

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