While You Were Sleeping

The US Army cleared themselves of responsibility in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. They let the top officers off the hook as instrumental in the abuses. This despite the fact that the very same or similar abuses occurred all around the world, in Guantanamo, in Afghanistan, elsewhere in Iraq. This despite the fact that practically all of the convicted low-level officers in the case fingered their superiors as giving specific orders to "soften up" the detainees. This despite the fact that internal Justice Department and Pentagon memos discussed how to get around the Geneva Conventions. This despite Gen. Ricardo Sanchez' own memos that issued policies on "acceptable interrogation" which were illegal under international agreements signed by the US.

I guess the higher up the chain of command you go, the less acountable you are. How quaint.