[RGSpincich]

"We gave [the military] the opportunity to have none of this come out," Lawson said. "They could have avoided all of this."

All the military had to do was look the other way for Chippy. Lawson takes responsibility for creating the public debacle.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.chip09may09,0,1354195.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

[TigersEye]

Lawson takes responsibility for creating the public debacle.

I guess he's a shmuck alright. Thanks for the link.

[longjack]

Here's some pictures from www.indybay.org to go along with the interesting "Baltimore Sun" article you linked to in #867. From the photo below, it doesn't seem like Frederick was sitting on the prisoner as a 'last resort'.

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick poses for a photograph by sitting on top of a detainee. Frederick, 37, of the 372nd Military Police Company, was the senior enlisted soldier at Abu Ghraib prison between October and December of 2003, when the abuses are alleged to have occurred. He has been recommended for court-martial on criminal charges. (Photo: CBS/60 Minutes II)

Also, a snapshot with his wife, who, especially on another picture at the indybay link, seems down-to-earth:

Staff Sgt. Ivan L. 'Chip' Frederick II, right, is seen with his wife Martha in this undated family photo, taken approximately two years ago, released by his mother Jo Ann Frederick. Staff Sgt. Ivan L. 'Chip' Frederick II has been accused of abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jo Ann Frederick, HO)

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[dalebert]

Does this guy sound like a Democrat or what.