What mattered is the fact that the U.S. prosecution appeased him to admit his guilty, promising that doing so would reduce his prison term, and forced him to make testimony unfavorable to other terror suspects. In the end, it asked him not to open to the press the facts about torture on the condition of his release.

Minju Joson in a signed commentary Wednesday says:

This shows how sinisterly the U.S. worked to hide its human rights abuses.

From the legal viewpoint, it is strictly prohibited to use a serious torture on a suspect in a bid to ascertain any criminal fact.

Nevertheless, the U.S. made human rights abuses without hesitation by maltreating prisoners in gross violation of international laws.

What is more serious is the fact that the said human rights abuses, branded as the most tragic case in the 21st century, were made under the approval and order of the U.S. ruling quarters.

This goes to prove that the U.S. human rights abuses were not an accident perpetuated by individuals but an organized national crime by the U.S. authorities and that the U.S. ruling authorities were directly involved in this case.

The U.S. would be well advised to mind its own business before criticizing other countries over their human rights performance.