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Sanchez and his staff were preoccupied with combating an escalating insurgency and did not focus on the festering problems at Abu Ghraib, the Army official said.

Well...no sh_t!!!

I'd have fired Sanchez if he'd said, "I know they're blowing our guys up in this growing insurgency, but let's focus our attention on this prison scandal that we're already investigating."

There WAS a general at the prison. She didn't do her job. She was supposed to have Sanchez's back. She blew it. Case closed.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1198392/posts

Thread on Press Conference being held by the panel on CNN and CSPAN.

-States that there was no policy for abuse.
(in fact, the policy stated that the geneva accord should be followed)

The abuse was not happening under orders for interogations.

It was the result of those on that night shift.

Says that Commanders on the ground sought did not seek advice on the matter from the Pentagon leadership.
Pentagon set a policy which included a no abuse directive...and commanders on the ground said they took it and the implemented it by there interpretation.