[norton]

What I've not seen as yet, maybe I simply missed it, is a timeline for first word of the abuse and cessation of the abuse.

Investigations take time. This one apparently WAS known of before one of the defendants' lawyer decided to go outside the system.

My question is not how long did the investigation and publication take but how soon was the on-scend situation corrected, how long ago was that, and what conditions are today.

Seems to me that should be the focus and not the bureaucratic and political shenanigans that followed.

Next, we should be asking how classes of prisoners were segregated in the facility and how their treatment differed. Who knew what and when should be addressed well after questions such as these have been answered.

PS: Anyone thinking that prisoners with potentially critical information are best dealt with by fattening them up, making nice, then asking politely where the nerve gas is buried - is X*&%$#!! nuts!

[maica]

The Generals brought a timeline on a poster to the hearings. I hope it became part of the Congressional Record. It seemed to me that whenever a Senator's question could have been answered by using the poster, the Generals were deflected by the Senators. That might be just my perception. However, in 6 hours of testimony, I did not get a clear sense of the timeline. Either it was already clear to the Senators and Representatives, or they really did not care about much except 'getting' Rumsfeld.

[risk]

This FOX timeline doesn't do it for you? The Red Cross was involved starting in March of 2003, although it's not clear from that link it was at Abu Ghraib.