Shays Says Abu Ghraib Abuses Were Sex Ring, Not Torture

VIDEO: At an October 11, 2006 Debate at Congregation B'nai Israel in Bridgeport, CT, Chris Shays states that what happened in Abu Ghraib was a sex ring, not torture. (Click the pic for the video.)

Stamford Advocate: Republican Rep. Christopher Shays says the Abu Ghraib prison abuses weren't torture but instead involved a "sex ring" of National Guard troops."

Now I've seen what happened in Abu Ghraib, and Abu Ghraib was not torture," Shays said at a debate Wednesday.

"It was outrageous, outrageous involvement of National Guard troops from (Maryland) who were involved in a sex ring and they took pictures of soldiers who were naked," added Shays.

And they did other things that were just outrageous. But it wasn't torture."

LSB: If this was just sex and not torture, why have 11 U.S. soldiers have been convicted of torture?