[conservative in nyc]

Classified parts of the 171-page report were provided to The New York Times by a senior Defense Department official who said fuller disclosure of the findings would help public understanding of the causes of the prisoner abuse scandal.

Why is ANYONE leaking classified material to the New York Slimes? That's the equivalent of giving classified information to the enemy.

Leak to the Wall Street Journal, if necessary. But the Slimes? No way.

[neverdem]

Classified parts of the 171-page report were provided to The New York Times by a senior Defense Department official who said fuller disclosure of the findings would help public understanding of the causes of the prisoner abuse scandal.

Army officials said Thursday that some sections of the report had been marked secret because they referred to policy memorandums that were still classified.

They are trying to recover from a public relations disaster. It sounds like those policy memorandums are expected to be declassified shortly.