On the December 6 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh falsely suggested that the "9-11 Commission didn't say anything" about "[t]his whole picture of the U.S. as a torturous, torturing, barbaric institution." He asked: "Was there anything about torture from the 9-11 [Commission]?" In fact, the commission's final report, released on July 22, 2004, called for the U.S. government to "engage its friends to develop a common coalition approach toward the detention and humane treatment of captured terrorists." A recent report from the former 9-11 Commission members gave the government a failing grade on accomplishing this recommendation, in part based on the "broad criticism" of American detention policies.
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