NYT: CIA Spurned Prison Rules, (Abu Ghraib) Report Says

[DeepModem Mom]

THE CONFLICT IN IRAQ
CIA Spurned Prison Rules, Report Says

By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — CIA operatives hid inmates, flouted rules and played a corrosive role at Abu Ghraib, the Iraqi facility where prisoners were brutalized and humiliated, according to a military report released Wednesday.

The report does not implicate the intelligence agency in the sexually demeaning treatment of prisoners, which triggered an international scandal when photos of the abuse surfaced in April....

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....CIA agents often behaved as if they were above the rules and beyond reproach, ignoring bans on bringing weapons into interrogation booths and bypassing basic requirements on registering prisoners they had taken to the facility, the investigators found.

Agents insisted that at least eight of their prisoners be kept off the books and out of reach of Red Cross inspectors, becoming so-called ghost detainees....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-intel26aug26,1,3932472.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Mokito]

1. Say, isn't this CIA-scapegoat a rotting useless carcass by now?

How much more blame can they pile o the CIA before it all caves and the shit comes floating up?

[0007]

2. This is going right on up the chain to the office of the White House

The CIA won't take all the heat on this one, believe me!

[Lerkfish]

5. Don't crap on those who know your secrets...

I personally think the current administration's addiction to blaming the CIA is the direct cause of several "leaks" to the press about embarrassing things in the administration. I say, I HOPE THEY KEEP IT UP! I WANT the CIA mad at them....that can only be good for the country.

[lil-petunia]

3. you mean the CIA was acting like typical tourists abroad?

that explains SOOOOO much.

[priller]

4. The prisoners were hidden at Rumsfeld's request,

according to news reports I've read in the past. Of course, Rumsfeld's not mentioned at all in this article, which looks suspiciously like part of the "blame the CIA" game that's going on now.

[Barrett808]

6. kick