Lawmakers shift tone on accountability for prison abuse scandal

[Rose Siding]

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Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner of Virginia all initially demanded accountability up the chain of command for poor policy and failed oversight....

As Graham put it last year: "We just don't want a bunch of privates and sergeants to be the scapegoats."
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Warner said he was withholding judgment on the reports until he could call a hearing. But he said he had no timetable for calling one. "I've got some other issues I need to solve," Warner said.
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Graham, an Air Force colonel and a military judge with more than 20 years of service as an Air Force prosecutor and defense attorney, said he hoped another hearing would pursue the question of accountability....

"Some people who could have been promoted won't be," he said.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11526415.htm

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. The Horror

"Some people who could have been promoted won't be," he said.

OMG!!! Delayed promotions! :sarcasm:

[icymist]

2. Nothing to see here folks! Go watch Judge Judy and Texas Justice.

These guys would've cleared Mengele of wrong doing!

From the article:
Army Field Manual 27-10, however, says a commander is responsible if he or she knew, or should have known, that subordinate troops were violating laws of war.

In other news, the Nazis of the mid 20th century said "I'm sorry" and were therefore cleared of being labeled 'evil-doer' by the Bush administration. None of the Nazis will be promoted, though.

:sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

7. Sanchaz got sent elsewhere--reminds me of the sex abuse scandle-

just move them around-time after time.

[bemildred]

3. These immoral swine need to "spend more time with their families". nt

[ogradda]

4. No promotions?!

Egads say it isn't so! Such severity!:eyes:

[UpInArms]

5. what a horrible punishment!

no promotion :cry:

:sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

6. "I think we're doing a great disservice to all of our troops, (to continue

Guess who said that/


...While Warner's hearing, if held, will likely determine whether new looks are given at the role of military and civilian policy-makers, some in Congress feel that it's past time to move on.

"I think we're doing a great disservice to all of our troops, and to morale, to our ability to interrogate, by stringing this thing on," said Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., a member of the Armed Services Committee. "I just think we need to back and finish the war."

[bpilgrim]

8. and opening the door to ICC jurisdiction

we'll DEFINITELY have to bomb the U.N. then


http://images.globalfreepress.com

peace

[struggle4progress]

9. Army names new deputy commander

ROBERT BURNS

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The general who just finished a year commanding American troops in north-central Iraq is being promoted to deputy commander of 5th Corps, the Army organization that was in charge of U.S. ground forces throughout Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.

The Pentagon said Friday that Maj. Gen. John R. Batiste, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, will take the 5th Corps deputy commander's job vacated recently by Maj. Gen. Walter Wojdakowski, who has been cleared by the Army inspector general of any wrongdoing in the prisoner abuse case.

The 5th Corps is scheduled to return to Iraq early next year.

Wojdakowski recently was named acting deputy commander of U.S. Army Europe, filling in for Lt. Gen. William Ward, the State Department's designated monitor of Israel-Palestinian peace efforts. <snip>

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11525976.htm


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