Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.

From 1991 to 1992 Meehan was the First Assistant District Attorney for Middlesex County. Personal life and education
Meehan was born in Lowell Massachusetts the eldest of three sons and four daughters born to Martin T. ".

A Democrat Meehan served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2007 as the representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan (born December 30 1956) is the current Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell a position he assumed on July 1 2007.