Not the Work of Renegade GIs

Josh Marshall points us to an article to appear in the U.K. Guardian stating flatly that what we're seeing with the Iraqi detainee abuse has been specifically taught to military intelligence and special forces units. This increases the likelihood that these soldiers weren't just dreaming up abuse on their own and meting it out.

On the same page, Josh reminds us (and it's one I've thought about repeatedly in the last 10 days) of the prisoner abuse right here at home. In fact, we shipped a few people terminated for masterminding prisoner abuse over to Iraq to "help".