Abu Ghraib Report Faults Top Officials

[papau]

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Abu Ghraib Report Faults Top Officials


By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's most senior civilian and military officials share a portion of blame for creating conditions that led to the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, according to a new report(Schlesinger report).

The report, by a commission appointed by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, was presented to Rumsfeld Tuesday in advance of a Pentagon news conference to release the details. The commission was headed by James Schlesinger, a former secretary of defense.

A person familiar with the report said it implicitly faulted Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, by finding that those responsible for the military prison system in Iraq were operating under confusing policies on allowable interrogation techniques. The person discussed some aspects of the report on condition of anonymity.

The question of how high responsibility for the abuse goes continues to be one of the central unanswered questions in the scandal — and it is key to the ongoing criminal cases against several low-ranking military police soldiers charged with mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib.

The U.S. military judge hearing the Abu Ghraib abuse case in Mannheim, Germany, said Tuesday that prosecutors have until Sept. 17 to convince him that top military intelligence commanders should not be forced to testify under a grant of immunity. <snip>

Fay's investigation (a second investigation)concluded that Sanchez failed to deal with rising problems at the prison as he tried to manage 150,000 troops countering an unexpected insurgency. But Sanchez will not be recommended for any punitive action or even a letter of reprimand, a Pentagon official told the Washington Post. <snip>

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Legal net widens in Iraq prison abuse scandal

MANNHEIM, Germany (AFP) - A US prosecutor acknowledged that charges were being prepared against senior US military intelligence officers and other staff over abuses committed against inmates at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

As the legal net widened to include up to 28 suspects, one of seven military police officers already accused over the scandal said he had reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to some of the charges.

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[nickinSTL]

1. cnn breaking news headline

'There was no policy of abuse' at Abu Ghraib prison, according to head of commission looking into Iraq prisoner abuse scandal. Details soon.

Well, what DOES the report say?

(like I'm surprised at CNN's spin :eyes:)

at http://www.cnn.com

[papau]

2. When I don't see right wing spin in US Media "news", that'll be news

:-)