This piece represents a sign of the times that we are now in. Isn't ironic that the US invades, or it sponsors others to invade, other "evil-doer" states for "humanitarian" reasons? Well, if you hadn't noticed, we are now living in Orwellian times.
Such a report would have been unheard of in my youth. It is just one more indication of the police state that the United States of America has evolved into. Like the proverbial boiling frog who while in a pot of warm water hasn't noticed the gradual heating of the water to its near boiling temperature, so have we, the American people, reached this extreme state of affairs.
A U.N. anti-torture panel that’s investigating the United States said Friday that it was deeply concerned by what it described as the high incidence of police brutality and shootings--especially against African-Americans--in the U.S., was troubled by what it called harsh conditions in many prisons and was worried about the interrogation methods used on detainees.