ABC News reports that lawyers from the military's Judge Advocate General's Corps http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/693254.html , or JAG, had been advising the Pentagon for two years before the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison to ensure protection for prisoners http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/JAG_detainees_040515-1.html . But the military lawyers say that political appointees in the Defense Department ignored their warnings, thus setting the stage for the abuse scandal that has undermined the US's standing in the Middle East http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-5-2004_pg4_3 , and much of the rest of the world.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0517/dailyUpdate.html


Informant: Mike Conley