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AussieInCA Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 12:14 PM
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Why isn't the press going after the "contract abusers"
I mean what controls does the company have? (who is motivated to increase profits in their line of business..interogation)

What controls does the government have?

Where is the accountability?
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 12:26 PM
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1. Sy Hersh wrote about it in The New Yorker
Sy Hersh wrote about it in The New Yorker

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1563177


If you're asking why CNN and Fox News and MSNBC aren't demanding to know why the civilians who ordered the humiliation of prisoners aren't being prosecuted, the question almost answers itself.
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AussieInCA Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 12:31 PM
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2. thx I'll go pick it up today
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 12:34 PM
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3. That trail leads straight back to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld...
Edited on Sun May-09-04 12:35 PM by Junkdrawer
Hey, look over there - let's hang that Lynndie England bitch.
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Arianrhod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 12:52 PM
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4. Without in the least bit excusing these men, contracted
civilians cannot order the military to do anything whatsoever, at any time. Any such order that might be given is an illegal one, and no soldier is bound to follow it.

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buycitgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 12:55 PM
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5. how much you wanna bet the low level grunts were told the exact
OPPOSITE?

or, nothing at all, and, as the bottom rungers, assumed that anyone in that situtation ordering them about HAD the authority to do so?
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Unknown Known Donating Member (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-04 01:05 PM
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6. Because the connections to CACI & Titan to repukes is too close
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