On The Third Hand

U.S. Generals in Iraq Were Told of Abuse Early, Inquiry Finds

A confidential report to Army generals in Iraq in December 2003 warned that members of an elite military and CIA task force were abusing detainees, a finding delivered more than a month before Army investigators received the photographs from Abu Ghraib prison that touched off investigations into prisoner mistreatment.

The report, which was not released publicly and was recently obtained by The Washington Post…

Firstly, as I recall, the investigation was already ongoing when the photos came out. Secondly, someone in the Pentagon, or with access to Pentagon reports is releasing them to the press. That has got to stop.