Here is an interesting piece from Wired about the potential of command cover up and similar acrtivity in this set of cases. I got to the Wired piece through this from congressmatters.com blog. When bad news breaks it has become almost routine for those at the top to disavow all…
CAAF has decided United States v. Graner. Graner loses. We granted review in this Abu Ghraib case to determine whether the military judge abused his discretion in (1) refusing to compel the Government to produce certain memoranda requested by the defense; (2) excluding the testimony of, and an e-mail from,…
The Canadian Press reports that: Charles Graner was a manipulative sadist, Ivan Frederick sincerely penitent and Lynndie England an infatuated follower who got more notice than her role deserved, according to the authors of a new book on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. Christopher Graveline helped prosecute the defendants…
CAAF has decided two cases related to Abu Ghraib: United States v. Harman, and United States v. Smith. The issue in Harman was factual sufficiency and the conviction and sentence was affirmed. Appellant admitted to investigators that she took a new detainee, who had been placed on a box with…