That's the judgment of FBI officials, comparing what they knew was going on at Guantanamo and defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld's denial of any condoned mistreatment. From the latest batch of Gitmo docs:
"The documents suggest that harsh interrogation methods were approved of and encouraged by high-ranking Pentagon officials and commanders. In an internal FBI memo dated May 2004, an unidentified bureau official complained that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's public pronouncements about interrogation policies were misleading.
'I know these techniques were approved at high levels within DoD and used' on specific prisoners, said the official, referring to the Department of Defense."