Roberts: Were these condoned by Dept. Defense?
Rummy: Absolutely not.
Roberts: Chair of Intell. Held hearing three days ago, no evidence of abuses because of mil int asking them to "soften up" prisoners.
Is there any truth to allegation that abuse was at the behest of mil interrogators.
Rummy: I heard the same allegations.
Myers adds unit is redeployed in Germany will slow down answers.
Byrd: Share outrage. Believes congress has responsibility to demand public accounting. Fears it's beginning of long and painful process. Massive policy failure. Troubling to him why President and advisor are only now condemning abuses when DoD has know about them for months. Hasn't heard a peep from Rumsfeld or Myers. Why did it take CBS broadcase that Myers tried to suppress? "Sadistic, blatant abuses" Why was report unread until the media revealed it? Why wasn't Congress informed? Truman "the buck stops here." I see a different pattern in this admin. arrogance and disdain for Congress. "Fingerprinting" [sic] and excuses.