U.S. to Investigate Iraqi Inmate's Death

I just know they will uncover ALL the facts. That John Ascroft won't play the CYA game. <sarcasm off>

WASHINGTON - The CIA (news - web sites) has sent three cases to the Justice Department (news - web sites) for possible criminal prosecution against agency personnel accused of involvement in the deaths of prisoners in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites), a Justice official said Wednesday.

The deaths last year have been linked to CIA officers and contractors.


It had been acknowledged previously that one of the cases had gone to the Justice Department for possible prosecution. In confirming the two additional referrals, the department official spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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The practice was established after intelligence scandals in the 1970s led Justice to insist on strict rules allowing department officials to decide what rises to the level of prosecution.


"I think it could be hundreds, hundreds of referrals to the Justice Department," Baker said of the CIA, adding that it is "extraordinarily rare" for intelligence personnel to be prosecuted.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=513&ncid=718&e=10&u=/a...

More anonymous sources giving the appearance that Justice is working on the CIA/Contractors murders , and yet in the end...nothing will be done/

al-Jamadi slipped on the soap in the shower while GI's were washing his back for him...Terrible accident that.

Happens all the time. I ask people at work questions... they keel over and die. We take a few fun pictures..No biggy.

U.S. officials said Thursday that photos of an Iraqi corpse packed in ice that recently have been made public are of Manadel al-Jamadi, who died after questioning by CIA personnel in Iraq.
He had suffered head wounds during a struggle with Navy SEALs at the time of his arrest, sources said.
Both the Defense Department and the CIA's inspector general are investigating whether there was wrongdoing and if so by whom, U.S. officials said.
The agency's inspector general also is investigating two other cases of prisoner deaths during CIA-related interrogations. One case involves an independent contractor for the CIA who was interrogating a prisoner in Afghanistan when the man died, knowledgeable sources have said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/20/iraq.abuse/

Link includes cheery pictures of GIs posing with the corpse ...

Just a hunch. Also, it will turn out that the brave soldiers in the photos (Graner and Sabrina) were about to attempt a heroic act of resuscitation, which unfortunately failed.

There, case closed.

In other news, some fresh photos may be on the way.

"Meanwhile, the Pentagon (news - web sites) has told Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) Chairman John Warner, R-Va., that its criminal investigators in Baghdad were given a new photo diskette "under circumstances that warranted investigation, including forensic computer evaluation." The diskette contains 24 photos showing what appears to be abusive acts committed by U.S. forces.


"Thirteen photographs appear to be images already seen on international television media," said Assistant Defense Secretary Powell A. Moore, in a letter to Warner. "The other 11 images have not been identified in previous investigations. They may not be original or true photographs."

This killing stinks to high heaven. Nothing about the video appears to be Muslim or Islamic killers.

Our Glorious Leader has stated that it was Al Q. Nothing further needs to be investigated. The evil doers will be brought to justice.

Well, sseing the progress of all this other investigations, we should all rest assured they'll get to the bottom of this. :eyes: