Conflicts Seen for General in Abuse Probe (MG Ryder got a promotion?)

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON - The Army general who reported last fall there was no mistreatment at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (news - web sites) also commands the criminal investigators now pursuing the abuse cases, raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest.


Maj. Gen. Donald J. Ryder was promoted on Oct. 29 to advise senior Army leaders on law enforcement units, including military police, as the service's provost marshal general. The promotion came in the middle of Ryder's trip in which he was looking for management problems and human rights issues at Abu Ghraib and other Iraq prisons.


His report did not document any abuses, such as those shown in photographs just days after his trip. The report did raise broad questions, though, about restraint of prisoners and compliance with the international rules for prisoners of war.


As provost marshal general, Ryder helps set policy for the MPs who guard Iraq prisons. He also retains the command he has had since January 2002 over the Army Criminal Investigation Division, whose agents are leading investigations into the activities at Abu Ghraib.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=718&e=10&u=/ap/20040602/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse_ryder

[LittleApple81]

1. Shaking head... shaking head....amazing chutzpah.... n/t

[maddezmom]

2. this proves that an independent entity needs to investigate the torture

this guys can possibly be relied upon to police themselves.

[Disturbed]

3. Abuse?

Damnit!!! Call it what it is: Torture

Military investigating themselves is like Mafia investigating themselves.

[maddezmom]

4. edited to correct the word

You're right it is and was torture.