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etainee abuse scandal
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Muslim prisoners
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id not reflect the values of most troops or the American people
events are the result of misconduct of individual soldiers ≠ a structural problem
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defies basic standards of human decency and the accepted conventions of war
norms that are breached = human decency and accepted conventions of war
accepted conventions of war = violation of international humanitarian law - why not named as such?
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how naked prisoners being subjected to sexual humiliation by American women
event = sexual humiliation - why is it important that it is done by women? Why is not a stronger word than humiliation used?
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helped run the prison
running the prison? Why and for what is disciplinary action taken?
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helping orchestrate the Abu Ghraib abuse
event - orchestrate abuse = euphemism?
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mistreatment and photographing of Iraqi prisoners
event = mistreatment and photographing
soft language no word of abuse or torture, quite abstract
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Pfc. LynndieR. England's
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nited States is doing what every dictatorship and banana republic does when its abuses are discovered: covering up and shifting blame downwards. Indeed, if there is no real accountability for these crimes,
moral? "We" are not better then dictatorships "We" are not holding those responsible accountable
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appointment of a special prosecutor unbeholden to the administration.
recommended action
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ut the investigators lacked the mandate -or the independence -to draw the obvious conclusions regarding the political or legal responsibility of Rumsfeld or others who approved illegal tactics
missing political consequences = recommended action?
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No soldier higher than the rank of sergeant has been charged with a crime. No civilian leader at the Pentagon or the CIA is even being investigated.
Missing political consequences
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"cover-up"
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investigations of deaths in custody languished
event = highlighting structural misconduct
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Rumsfeld or any other senior leader
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CIA has been authorized to hold detainees incommunicado in "secret locations" where they have reportedly been subject to even worse methods such as feigned drowning.
events = showing CIA involvement
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, hid detainees from the International Committee of the Red Cross and put into play illegal interrogation methods
events = showing involvement of the administration
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
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Bush administration
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ecommended disciplinary action against several officers
political consequences
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"competition" among army dog handlers at Abu Ghraib to "see who could make Iraqi detainees urinate themselves the fastest."
events - details are given, highlighting the cruelty
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shackled into painful positions in freezing rooms.
events
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requently beaten, held naked and deprived of sleep for long periods.
events
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isolated incident at Abu Ghraib
not an isolated incident - what does that say about who "we" are?
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atrocities committed
events, strong language
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Specialist Charles Graner
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accused of humiliating prisoners
events = humiliating prisoners ≠ abuse?
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not only fair but thorough
Norm = we are fair
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Reed Brody
American human rights lawyer
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behavior o
Interesting choice of words for the events
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notorious center of torture and executions under Saddam Hussein
Abu Ghraib = center of torture under Saddam Hussein, not under "us"?
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gratuitous propaganda victory at the worst possible moment,
propaganda = information of a biased or misleading nature - what is misleading about the pictures? Are they misleading because they do not represent "our" norms?
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