General Contradicted Abu Ghraib Testimony

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0507150148jul15,1,2244281.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Transcripts reveal he briefed top officials

By Stephen J. Hedges
Washington Bureau
Published July 15, 2005


WASHINGTON -- An Army general who has been criticized for his role in the treatment of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has contradicted his sworn congressional testimony about contacts with senior Pentagon officials.

Gen. Geoffrey Miller told the Senate Armed Services Committee in May 2004 that he had only filed a report on a recent visit to Abu Ghraib, and did not talk to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld or his top aides about the fact-finding trip.

But in a recorded statement to attorneys three months later, Miller said he gave two of Rumfeld's most senior aides-- then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Undersecretary for Intelligence Steve Cambone--a briefing on his visit and his subsequent recommendations.


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Miller's statement about the meeting, if true, suggests that officials at the very top of the Pentagon may have been more involved in monitoring activities at the prison than previously disclosed. Abu Ghraib was later at the center of a scandal surrounding prisoner abuse, which has led to punishments for soldiers.

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Abuse of detainees was not ordered by hihger-ups---yeah right!!

I see it's been locked--I didn't realize it was a duplicate thread! Sorry for the post.

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1. Officials at the very top may have been more involved: how high does this

and the whole garbanzo go?

[rateyes]

2. That's the sixty-four thousand dollar question...

This is the most corrupt administration in the history of the republic!!!

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3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1629217