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Bush Was Told About Prison Abuse in December
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Since late February, the Pentagon has been in possession of a report produced by Major General Antonio M. Taguba that details the abuse of Iraqis incarcerated in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. Months later, despite knowing of the 53-page report's existence, top administration officials responsible for the military still have not read the document. . . . White House officials told the Los Angeles Times that "the abuse of Iraqi prisoners sparked so much concern that President Bush was told about an investigation during the winter holidays." But White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan tried to insulate the President from criticism by suggesting that the President was surprised by the report's findings. McClellan told reporters yesterday that Bush "only become aware of the photographs and the Pentagon's main internal report about the incidents from news reports last week." Yet President Bush still has not read the report. . . . Three weeks before the press reported the story of the Abu Ghraib report, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard B. Myers knew enough about it to call Dan Rather and ask him to delay airing the story. Yet, as of this Tuesday, Myers still hadn't read the report. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that he had merely "seen a summary."

[COMMENT: If a fish stinks, it stinks from the head down. It now appears that everyone in the chain of command from Bush on down knew about the prisoner abuses. Yet they did nothing because they obviously saw no problem with what was going on. Keep in mind that this band of looters who have taken over control of our government have never had to dirty their own hands in war. They all had "other priorities" when it was their turn to serve. Now they are sending our young people to not only die and be wounded in ever-increasing numbers, they are also responsible for the climate in which our nation has been engaging in war crimes. Bush should be impeached, and he and his gang of looters should be run out of the country just like they did to Aristide.]

posted by Lorenzo 1:29 PM