Abu Ghraib

ADAM GOLDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON A CIA officer who oversaw the agency's interrogation program at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and pushed for approval to use increasingly harsh tactics has come under scrutiny in a federal war crimes investigation involving the death of a prisoner, witnesses told The Associated Press. Steve Stormoen, who is now retired from the CIA, supervised an unofficial program in which the CIA imprisoned and...Read Full Story

Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 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." "It's the right thing to do," Rumsfeld said. "And it is my intention to see that we do." Six years later, the U.S. Army is unable to document a single payment for prisoner abuse at...Read Full Story

CHICAGO ( Reuters ) - The soldier who orchestrated abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison was released on Saturday after serving more than six years in a Kansas military prison barracks, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said. Charles Graner , 42, was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth at about 10 a.m. on Saturday after serving more than 6-1/2 years of a 10-year sentence, U.S. Army spokeswoman Rebecca Steed said. Graner was convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit...Read Full Story

Abu Ghraib American Justice: Abu Ghraib Ringleader Released From Jail After Serving Lindsay Lohan Style Sentence This from the  New York Times : …The so-called ringleader at Abu Ghraib, Charles A. Graner Jr., was released from a prison in Kansas. Mr. Graner, 42, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released after six and a half for good behavior. Another example of our wonderful justice system at work: here we have the supposed ringleader of the infamous Abu Ghraib...Read Full Story

Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress 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." "It's the right thing to do," Rumsfeld declared in 2004. "And it is my intention to see that we do." Six years later, the U.S. Army is unable to document a single payment for prisoner abuse at Abu...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that employees of two defense contractors took part in the torture and abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq . The justices rejected an appeal by a group of 250 Iraqis seeking to reinstate their lawsuit against CACI International Inc , which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib, and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc 's Titan unit, which provided interpreters to the U.S. military . The...Read Full Story

This from the New York Times : …The so-called ringleader at Abu Ghraib, Charles A. Graner Jr., was released from a prison in Kansas. Mr. Graner, 42, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released after six and a half for good behavior. Another example of our wonderful justice system at work: here we have the supposed ringleader of the infamous Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, released from jail after serving a measly six and a half years. What occurred in this prison...Read Full Story

Former colleague and contributor to time Adam Zagorin breaks new here on Battleland and exclusive reporting on the last federal action on the infamous death of "the Iceman" Iraq Abu Ghraib prison in 2003: By Adam Zagorin Manadel al-Jamadi It was almost a decade since Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner known as "the Iceman" - for the attempt failed cool its body and make him seem less dead - died in the custody of the CIA at Abu Ghraib. But there is now some rumblings in the notorious case...Read Full Story

GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB - DVD Movie.. Features: In this emotionally jarring piece from HBO Documentary Films, award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy explores the dark events that occurred in 2003 at Abu Ghraib, the infamous Iraqi prison. Interweaving news and archival footage, unsettling still photos of the crimes, and eyewitness accounts from military personnel and victims, The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib offers new insights into these events. The resu You might also like: Standard Operating Procedure...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - The Supreme Court on Monday asked the U.S. government for its views about a lawsuit claiming that employees of two defense contractors took part in the torture and abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq . A group of Iraqis appealed to the high court seeking to reinstate their lawsuit against CACI International Inc , which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib, and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc 's Titan unit, which provided interpreters to the U.S. military...Read Full Story