Conflicts Seen for General in Abuse Probe

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By TED BRIDIS
The Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The Army general who reported last fall there was no mistreatment at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq also commands the criminal investigators now pursuing the abuse cases, drawing concerns by some military law experts about a potential conflict of interest.

Maj. Gen. Donald J. Ryder was promoted Oct. 29 to provost marshal general in charge of all Army law enforcement units, including the military police now at the center of the investigation, while he was in the middle of a trip looking for management problems and possible abuse at Abu Ghraib and other Iraq prisons.

His report did not document any abuses at the prisons, such as those that emerged in photographs just days after his trip. The report did raise broad questions, though, about restraint of prisoners and compliance with the international rules for prisoners of war.

In his new job as provost marshal general, Ryder helps set policy for the MPs that guard Iraq prisons. He also retains the command he has had since January 2002 over the Army Criminal Investigation Division, whose agents are leading investigations into the activities at Abu Ghraib.

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[UpInArms]

1. conflict-of-interest?

quick have the Pentagon issue a memo for its staff not to read this story!

[saigon68]

2. He'd better worry when a New Administration takes over in JAN

He will definitely be standing tall before "THE MAN"

[Dover]

3. There is NEVER any conflict of interest in THEIR minds. Their interests

are one with Bushco. See....no conflict.