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POINTING FINGERS.

Authors :
McGeary, Johanna
Crittle, Simon
Novak, Viveca
Thompson, Mark
Waller, Douglas
Thornburgh, Nathan
Source :
TIME Magazine; 5/24/2004, Vol. 163 Issue 21, p44-50, 5p, 6 Color Photographs
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Focuses on the search for an explanation of the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. Highlights of testimony given by Specialist Jeremy Sivits, who is the first to face a court-martial; Contention of the other six soldiers implicated so far that superior officers not only knew but approved of subjecting prisoners to sexual humiliation and physical pain; Questions over the differing accounts of Sivits and Specialist Charles Graner; Argument of Pentagon officials; Questions over a possible failure of leadership and lack of discipline; Conflicting testimony of Major General Antonio Taguba and Stephen Cambone, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence;Focus on the role of Major General Geoffrey Miller, former commandant of the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, who was assigned to the Iraq prisons; Disagreement over the rules which govern military interrogation. INSET: Who Was in Charge at Abu Ghraib?.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
163
Issue :
21
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
13122647