Retired Pentagon Brass Seek Abuse Probe

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Guardian snip
By PAULINE JELINEK

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is under increasing fire for its handling of the prison abuse investigation, as some retired military officers call for an independent commission to get to the bottom of the four-month-old scandal.

Their appeal came a day before Thursday's hearings by the Senate and House armed services panels, which were reviewing the two latest reports ordered by the Defense Department.

``We cannot ignore that there are now dozens of well-documented allegations of torture, abuse and otherwise questionable detention practices'' eight former generals and admirals said Wednesday of prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In-house Pentagon probes don't require sworn testimony, don't have subpoena power and are examples of the military trying to police itself, the officers said in a letter to Bush. Most of the officers had backgrounds in military law.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4483657,00.html

[Ripley]

1. Could be a perfect storm brewing..

AWOL. Abu Graib. Plame.

But I've been disappointed before. :(

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=812259