Rumsfeld, Military Leaders Faulted in Prison Abuse

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But who do you think will take the fall?

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By Charles Aldinger and Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Pentagon (news - web sites) officials and the military command in Iraq (news - web sites) contributed to an environment in which prisoners were abused at Abu Ghraib prison, according to a report released on Tuesday by high-level panel investigating the military detentions.

The outside four-member panel headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger found that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff failed to exercise proper oversight over confusing detention policies at U.S. prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites), as well as at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"Command failures were compounded by poor advice provided by staff officers with responsibility for overseeing battlefield functions related to detention and interrogation operations," the report said. "Military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon share this burden of responsibility."
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But who do you think will take the fall?

Nobody--as long as bush's good puppy press works hard to keep the story off the front page and keeps the sheeple focused on Swift Boat Weasels for Bush, Scott Peterson, and Brittney Spears.

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The wingnuts are trying to make this story go away as well:

Analysis: Doctors a Part of Iraq Abuse

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Prison Abuse Report Cites Top Commanders

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WASHINGTON - Inattention to prisoner issues by senior U.S. military leaders in Iraq and at the Pentagon was a key factor in the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, but there is no evidence they ordered any mistreatment, an independent panel concluded.

The panel's report, the first of two expected this week looking at prisoner abuse, directly blamed the events at Abu Ghraib on the soldiers there and their immediate commanders.

It also said senior commanders and top-level Pentagon officials, including Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, can be faulted for failed leadership and oversight.

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