But, Ambassador Lalani, what you describe in your report is that the experience.... I mean, when you arrived, the collective experience appeared to be...because there were number of reports. There were the UN reports, and presumably a number of other reports, not all of which we've seen, as well as your own internal reports; Mr. Colvin, who has testified, and others who were on the ground, who have testified to the effect that torture was widespread in the system. The state department's reports every year state that torture is a widespread phenomenon in Afghan institutions.
The words “Geneva Convention” don't appear in anyone's paper here. I understand the need to build up Afghan institutions, but if the consequence of that policy decision is that people are sent to a risk of torture or mistreatment or abuse, isn't that a problem in terms of how we've lived up to our international obligations?