Lynndie England Recommendation Sealed

[Barrett808]

Lynndie England Recommendation Sealed
By ESTES THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. - The judge who presided over the military pretrial hearing for Pfc. Lynndie England has made her recommendation on whether the Army reservist should be court-martialed for abusing Iraqi prisoners.

But Col. Denise Arn's report, submitted Monday, will not be made public because it is part of the official investigation, said Col. Billy Buckner, spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg.

Buckner said Friday that the decision on a court-martial ultimately will be made by the corps' commander, Lt. Gen. John Vines. It was not known when a final decision might be made.

England is the woman shown in now-infamous photographs holding a naked Iraqi prisoner by a leash, smiling and pointing at a hooded detainee's genitals and posing behind a pyramid of nude Iraqis.

In the hearing that ended Aug. 31, England's attorneys argued that she posed for pictures with prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison on orders from higher-ups to "soften up" Iraqi prisoners. Her lawyers sought unsuccessfully to call such high-level witnesses as Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

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[tom_paine]

1. Which means it was bad for the Imperial Family

Bet that judge recommended further investigation ofthe "higher-ups" allegations.

Thus, it must be sealed.

Totalitarianism Sucks! I want my Free Country back!

[izzie]

2. I never knew the lower rates were so smart,

How did they figure out how to do the same things all over the world at the same time?

[Generic Other]

3. They went to Free Republic?

Ha Ha.

[leesa]

4. She probably will be given a Congressional committee to chair

Or maybe be appointed Ambassador of Good Will in the Bush administration