Abu Ghraib officer to be court-martialed

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16831363/

The only officer criminally charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal will be court-martialed on eight charges including cruelty and maltreatment of detainees, an Army spokesman said Friday.

Lt. Col. Steven Lee Jordan, 50, is tentatively scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at Fort McNair in Washington, Col. Jim Yonts told The Associated Press.

Yonts said Maj. Gen. Guy C. Swann, commander of the Military District of Washington, ordered Jordan to be tried for eight alleged offenses. Beside the single count of cruelty and maltreatment, they are:

Disobeying a superior commissioned officer;
Willful dereliction of duty by failing to supervise and ensure compliance with interrogation policies;
Failure to obey a lawful general order to obtain permission before using military working dogs during interrogation;
Failure to obey another other lawful order;
False swearing;
Two counts of making false official statements.

[The Blue Flower]

1. Tragic

They're using a reservist as scapegoat.

[Big_Mike]

2. Good. He was the Commander. It was his responsibility.

After he fries, then get his boss and the demoted General, and make them grease spots in the carpet, with nice, long terms at Leavenworth (The Prison, not The Schoolhouse).

Maybe she could be roomies with Lyndie England. Then we'd have the Alpha and the Omega of this shameful act in the proper location.

That fact that he is a Reservist is immaterial. What is important is that word: Commander. He was in Command; not the Manager, not the Director, but the Commander. He is responsible for everything good or bad that happens in a unit.

[rodeodance]

3. Abu Ghraib officer to be court-martialed

and the 'elite' are still free! Rummy et al.


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Abu Ghraib officer to be court-martialed

By DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The only U.S. military officer charged with a crime in the Abu Ghraib scandal will be court-martialed on eight charges, including cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners, the Army said Friday.

Lt. Col. Steven Lee Jordan, a 50-year-old reservist from Virginia who ran the interrogation center at the Iraqi prison, was accused of failing to exert his authority as the place descended into chaos, with prisoners stripped naked, photographed in humiliating poses and intimidated by snarling dogs. He was also charged with lying to investigators.

He has not been accused of personally torturing or humiliating prisoners, and was not pictured in any of the photos that embarrassed the
Pentagon and shocked the Muslim world.

Maj. Gen. Guy C. Swann, commander of the Military District of Washington, decided Jordan must stand trial, Army spokesman Col. Jim Yonts told The Associated Press.

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[Big_Mike]

4. Sometimes I wonder

whether they are building up from the bottom to do these cases. They got the actual persons committing the acts. Then they go after the commanders moving level by level up the chain of command. This LTC Jordan would be a Battalion level commander. I'd like to see that dirtbag commander of that MP Battalion charged, and then the two Brigade Commanders, Pappas and Karpinski, charged and convicted for dereliction of duty. I don't think a case can be made for any commanders above that level for Courts Martial, but their careers should be slowed or stopped.