Posted on 05/30/2004 8:31:23 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
# NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Documents obtained by Newsweek suggest that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's aides are trying hard to contain the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, even within the Pentagon. Defense Under Secretary Douglas Feith, who is in charge of setting policy on prisoners and detainees in occupied Iraq, has banned any discussion of the still-classified report on Abu Ghraib, written by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, which has circulated around the world, Newsweek reports in the current issue.(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040530/NYSU003 )
Shortly after the Taguba report leaked in early May, Feith subordinates sent an "urgent" e-mail around the Pentagon warning officials not to read the report, even though it was on Fox News. In the e-mail, a copy of which was obtained by Newsweek, officials in Feith's office warn that the leak is being investigated for "criminal prosecution" and that no one should mention the Taguba report to anybody, even to family members, report Senior Editor Michael Hirsh and National Security Correspondent John Barry in the June 7 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, May 31). Feith has turned his office into a "ministry of fear," according to one military lawyer. A spokesman for Feith, Maj. Paul Swiergosz, says the e-mail warning was intended to prevent employees from downloading a classified report onto unclassified computers.
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Probably the same model used by the geniuses at Err America.
I meant to say I don't know who she voted for in 2000.
Whatever legs this story had have now been worn down to bloody stumps, thanks to the media's narrow-minded focus and constant repetition.
Everybody who is not in the media or of the left is now bored silly by the quasi-porno re-runs...
A recent cover had the authors of the "Left Behind" series on the cover. The premise of the articles stated that in times of tension caused by the war-mongering, Christian President Bush, the sales of these books are going through the roof.
We could argue the merits of this series, but the books have always been huge sellers. They are only showing up on best-seller lists due to the books being sold in places like Sam's Club and BJ's. The NYT best seller lists do not, to the best of my knowledge, calculate sales at Christian book stores. This was the primary outlet for the first books in the series.
The elites in the media think we are a bunch of rubes.
Magazine Documents Suggest NEWSWEEK Trying to Sensationalize Prison Abuse Scandal
And the reasons this is bad are ... ?
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