The torturers
by Justin Raimondo
AntiWar.Com
06/14/04
The fallback position of the administration and its media amen corner has so far been that the Abu Ghraib atrocities were the exception, the work of a few isolated individuals, and in no way representative of American policy regarding the treatment of prisoners in Iraq. But this is becoming untenable in the face of new revelations, including the news that the White House requested specific intelligence from Abu Ghraib. Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, one of four individuals held chiefly responsible for the Abu Ghraib prison-house of horrors, told Army investigators that the White House had requested information related to 'very sensitive issues.' The White House spin machine argues that Jordan's testimony is so 'broadly stated' as to be practically meaningless. Good try, but this defense is already unraveling ..."
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=2811
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
AntiWar.Com
06/14/04
The fallback position of the administration and its media amen corner has so far been that the Abu Ghraib atrocities were the exception, the work of a few isolated individuals, and in no way representative of American policy regarding the treatment of prisoners in Iraq. But this is becoming untenable in the face of new revelations, including the news that the White House requested specific intelligence from Abu Ghraib. Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, one of four individuals held chiefly responsible for the Abu Ghraib prison-house of horrors, told Army investigators that the White House had requested information related to 'very sensitive issues.' The White House spin machine argues that Jordan's testimony is so 'broadly stated' as to be practically meaningless. Good try, but this defense is already unraveling ..."
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=2811
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 14. Jun, 11:15
