Pentagon Examined Iraq Detention Centers (last fall)

Pentagon Examined Iraq Detention Centers
ROBERT BURNS

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The U.S. military did a "top-level review" last fall of how its detention centers in Iraq were run, months before commanders first were told about the sexual humiliation and abuse of Iraqis that has created an international uproar, a Pentagon official said.

Larry Di Rita, the top spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, said Monday the review was done at the request of Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the senior American commander in Iraq.

Di Rita did not say what prompted the review. He said it "drew certain conclusions," which later were taken into account by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who began an investigation on Jan. 31 focused on an unidentified soldier's report of prisoner mistreatment at Abu Ghraib prison.

That second probe led to findings of blatant and sadistic abuse by U.S. military police and perhaps others. It has drawn wide condemnation, particularly with the publication of photos documenting the mistreatment.

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more:http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/8581426.htm?1c

since there was an ongoing discussion in the other thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x529170

by the administration of George W. Bush aka The War President in Iraq's prisons and jails, whether military (TITAN, CACI) or Iraqi (DYN CORP) these criminals have actually helped the cause of OBL, and increased the attacks upon our GI's.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.