We have to put in place rules and procedures, safeguards, a system of due process, to make it more likely that justice is done; and in times of stress it is all the more important that we respect these safeguards. It is clear that the checks needed to prevent abuse in the Iraqi and Afghan prisons were not in place, and that the Bush Administration had created a climate that made such abuses more likely, if not inevitable.
我们知道个人和机构都会失误，承受压力时失误的可能性更大。我们必须制定规则和程序，保护措施，特定的程序体系，增大公平处理的可能，预防措施在压力之下尤其应该遵守。很明显，防止伊拉克和阿富汗监狱疟俘事件所需的制衡力量并不存在，而布什政府创造的氛围就算不是不可避免，也更利于疟俘事件的发生。