The new U.N. expert on torture is calling on the United States to investigate and prosecute torture committed under former President George W. Bush. In his first interview since taking over as the new U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Ernesto Méndez said, “The United States has a duty to investigate every act of torture. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen much in the way of accountability.” Méndez also said he hopes to visit Iraq and Guantánamo Bay to probe widespread torture allegations. Méndez was himself a victim of torture under the Argentine dictatorship in the 1970s.