From Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now!" this morning comes the following:
"The former Army General who led the Pentagon's first investigation into the abuses at Abu Ghraib has revealed that he was forced to retire because his report was too critical of the U.S. military.
"In his first interview since then, Major General Antonio Taguba told investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld mislead Congress about the Abu Ghraib investigation, minimizing how much he knew about the abuse and torture.
"Taguba also said the military has unpublished photographs and videos that show the abuse and torture was even worse than previously disclosed. Taguba said he saw a video of a male American soldier in uniform sodomizing a female detainee.
"Taguba said he was blocked from investigating who ordered the torture at Abu Ghraib. ... 'These M.P. troops were not that creative. Somebody was giving them guidance, but I was legally prevented from further investigation into higher authority. I was limited to a box.'"
Maybe Don Rumsfeld was simply living vicariously through the actions of troops following his orders? Dada says, "You go, Don Rumsfeld! You go! You da fuckin' man, Donny!"
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And yet, yet! I recall news at the time of Rummie asking Big Dick if he should resign over abu graib. BD told him, no we all stand together. I'm still waiting for them to all fall together. ~~ D.K.
Rummy announced that he had regretted that the photos were made public-- not that the abuse had happened. I imagine they "fixed" the problem by having strict no camera/no photos regs after the abuse went public. No pictures, no problem.
I can only imagine the level of abuse that goes on in secluded Guantanamo- why else would the US need a special secluded prison halfway across the world- but to avoid laws? Maybe someday, we will top Costa Rica in the realms in health care?
no cameras, hence no photos...problem solved, right? That way we can all watch "Survivor" with clear conscience, no?
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