You have stated what is bothering me about all of this too. The investigation removed these few soldiers but the media makes it sound like it is still going on and now getting Arabs all riled up about the abuses. Didn't see the media outrage when the Halliburton employees were kidnapped and murdered or when Americans were hung, drug through the streets, car bombed, and that doesn't even count what the terrorist have been doing in Israel on a continual basis.
What this has done is make it crystal clear the agenda of the media and that is to destroy Pres Bush and the War on Terror and they don't care who dies in the process as a lot of reporters loathe the military and love the Clintons who loathe the military. Knew someday we were going to pay for the Vietnam era hippies -- they became reporters it looks like.
For many politicians, the danger posed to our troops by the photos that fuel a murderous hatred pales in comparison to the offense to their self-importance by the Pentagon's alleged failure to inform them of the allegations and investigation. The January 16 CENTCOM press release announcing the alleged offenses and investigation was apparently insufficient. And Brig. Gen Mark Kimmitt's March 20 announcement that criminal charges were being brought against six soldiers arising from an investigation that found evidence of "dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another" kept members of Congress in the dark. In the future, military press releases and announcements should probably be accompanied by personal phone calls to Senators John Warner and Joe Biden and to Congressmen Martin Frost and Christopher Shays. Other congressmen likewise concerned about missing a media opportunity could sign up for a special call list. They need not be bothered unless pictures are involved.