Rumsfeld first saw undoctored photos last night (not those in the press).
It was brought up with president in a meeting; Myers doesn't recall exactly when the meeting was was, probably late January, early February.
Nelson: What did pres say you should do?
Rumsfeld: Believes it was more of an information meeting -- only one-dimensional at that time, no video, no color. If there is a failure it is Rumsfeld's for no knowing there were 100s of these things. He certainly didn't give the Pres a briefing about photos he hadn't seen.
Nelson: What are your instructions from Pres to inform him of matters such as this?
Rumsfeld: Clearly Sec'y of Def must figure what does the Pres need to know. He meets with Myers weekly and go over things to choose what the Pres needs most. May be contingency plan, personnel problem, anything.
The damage done cannot be swept away but can be repaired. Go into detail on your plan, on reparations.
Rumsfeld: Not reparations -- compensation. Lawyers believe there is authority to do that. It is the right thing. Re processing of detainees. In Iraq 43,000 captured, 31,000 released, 4,000 for further processing plus other status. 7,000 to 8,000 currently detained. Need to see they're properly identified, that their families know why they're there. Only ones that need to be detained are criminals or terrorists or those with intelligence value -- have to find out what they know.
I dunno...he said something like "Doctored for some people's tastes"...which MIGHT mean the media photos...or that someone sicker than those guards and contractors was uh...improving them.