Hi, Del.

I think the really interesting part is buried in the middle of one of the stories:

>>The former commander of military police at U.S. prisons in Iraq, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, said MPs were being given instructions by military intelligence.

"I don't know how they allowed these activities to get so far out of control, but I do know with absolute confidence that they didn't just wake up one day and decide to do this," she told CNN.

Karpinski, an Army reserve officer who has since rotated out of Iraq, was admonished before the investigation got under way, her attorney said.

"I certainly take responsibility for some of this, because those soldiers were assigned to a company under my command," Karpinski said. "I don't think the blame rests with me. In fact, it's unfair because we had 3,400 soldiers, and this was the only facility where interrogations were taking place, and this was the only facility with infractions."<<

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