Posted on 08/01/2004 7:50:36 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
Press Release
Source: Newsweek
NEWSWEEK: Report on Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal Expected to Blame Systemic Failures at the Pentagon Sunday August 1, 10:38 am ET
Rumsfeld's Office May Be Rebuked for Not Setting Clear Interrogation Rules
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The panel that has been investigating the Abu Ghraib prison scandal is leaning toward the view that failures of command and control at the Pentagon helped create the climate in which the abuses occurred, Newsweek reports in the current issue. The four-member commission's report is still being drafted and its final conclusions are not yet definite. But, as Senior Editor Michael Hirsh and National Security Correspondent John Barry report in the August 9 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, August 2), there is strong sentiment to assign some responsibility up the line to senior civilian officials at the Pentagon, including Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, several sources close to the discussions say.
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Rumsfeld is expected to be criticized, either explicitly or implicitly, for failing to provide adequate numbers of properly trained troops for detaining and interrogating captives in Afghanistan and Iraq, Newsweek reports. His office may also be rebuked for not setting clear interrogation rules and for neglecting to see that guidelines were followed. The commissioners "are taking an unvarnished look at the issue as a whole," says a source close to the commission. "A more extensive look than some people had initially thought they might take."
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