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Abu Ghraib Ex-Soldier: Prisoners Got Better End of Deal

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:01:18 CDT

Poor Lynndie England. The female soldier linked to shocking abuse at the infamous Abu Ghraib military prison remains steadfastly unremorseful about what happened, and apparently believes the prisoners ended up faring better than she has. Prisoners' "lives are better. They got the better end of the deal,” Lynndie England tells...

Pentagon Denies Jan. 1 Iraq Pullout

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:43:52 CDT

The Pentagon threw cold water on a story today that US troops are leaving Iraq by year's end, MSNBC reports. "Suggestions that a final decision has been reached about our training relationship with the Iraqi government are wrong," a Pentagon spokesman said. "Those discussions are ongoing." Earlier, the AP reported...

Feds Investigating Ex-CIA Agent for War Crimes

Kevin Spak — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:20:56 CDT

A federal investigation into a potential war crime committed at Abu Ghraib is closing in on the man who ran the CIA’s “ghosting” program. In the hush-hush program headed up by now-retired agent Steve Stormoen, the CIA interrogated prisoners without ever having noted their presence in Army logs, the AP...

Iran to Try Bush Officials for Human Rights Abuses

Kevin Spak — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:50:05 CDT

Iran intends to try 26 current or former US officials in absentia for human rights violations and forward its findings to international tribunals, one lawmaker said today. He didn’t specify which officials, but Reuters believes it’s likely to be the same people listed on a bill currently in Iran’s parliament,...

Grand Jury Probes CIA in Abu Ghraib's 'Iceman' Killing

Matt Cantor — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:32:54 CDT

A secret federal grand jury is now hearing witnesses in the decade-old case of the “Iceman,” an Abu Ghraib prisoner who died on the CIA’s watch. It’s just one of several cases in the jury’s “investigation of possible violations of federal criminal laws involving War Crimes, Torture, and related federal...

Abu Ghraib Victims Have Yet to See Payments From US

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:11:00 CDT

In 2004, a defensive Donald Rumsfeld told Congress that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered "grievous and brutal abuse and cruelty at the hands of a few members of the United States armed forces." He continued, "It's the right thing to do. And it...

US Hands Over Last Iraq Prison

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:33:36 CDT

The last American-run prison in Iraq will be handed over to the Iraqis today, marking the end of a massive US prison system that has processed more than 100,000 Iraqis since the fall of Baghdad. Tariq Aziz and other former high-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's regime were handed over...

CIA Will Cover Legal Bills for Officers in Inquiry

John Johnson — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:50:02 CDT

Leon Panetta couldn't stop the Justice Department's widening inquiry into the CIA's interrogation policies, but the agency's director can make sure his employees don't go broke paying legal fees. The agency will see to it that case officers caught up in the investigation have representation, the Washington Post reports. Most...

Justice Report Recommends Prisoner Abuse Investigations

Jason Farago — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:09:12 CDT

A report by the ethics office of the Justice Department recommends reopening a dozen cases of alleged prisoner abuse, a move that would expose CIA employees to prosecution if it's determined they tortured terrorism suspects, reports the New York Times . Legal experts predict Attorney General Eric Holder will launch a...