Rumsfeld responsible for Abu Ghraib?
The New Yorker is about to fully release its newest piece by Seymour Hersch (the journalist responsible for, along with CBS, breaking the first Abu Ghraib-stories) - it's supposed to be published tomorrow, but the story is already on their website.
Summary:
Last week:
Rumsfeld, before Congress to testify about Abu Ghraib: “Any suggestion that there is not a full, deep awareness of what has happened, and the damage it has done, I think, would be a misunderstanding.”
Now:
A senior C.I.A. official interviewed by Hersch: “Some people think you can bullshit anyone.”
According to Hersch's sources, the Abu Ghraib incidents aren't isolated incidents. The soldiers committing the {methods of interrogation/attrocities/your own term here} handled so because they were told to... by Rumsfeld himself.
The {methods of interrogation/attrocities/your own term here} are part of a decision approved by Mr. Rumsfeld. A decision to expand secret operations originally approved to hunt down Al Qaeda, to the Iraqi prisons.
Full Story.
Can't wait for reactions...
Edit: first reactions...
Reuters: Pentagon calls claims "outlandish", and seeks to quash Rumsfeld report