Posted on 09/26/2010 9:21:55 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
WASHINGTON -Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." "It's the right thing to do," Rumsfeld said. "And it is my intention to see that we do." Six years later, the U.S. Army is unable to document a single payment for prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. Nor can the more than 250 Iraqis or their lawyers now seeking redress in U.S. courts. Their hopes for compensation may rest on a Supreme Court decision this week. — EDITOR'S NOTE — An occasional look at government promises and how well they are kept.
Peter doesnt have anything better to write about?
How about the NBPP voter intimidation? ACORN vote fraud? Obama’s failures to produce documentation?
Thought-crime-stop. No. I have nothing better to write about.
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