A Prison Scandal Without an Answer

"Col. Thomas M. Pappas, once commander of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, and the senior intelligence officer responsible for military interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison, has now been given immunity from prosecution and has been ordered to testify at upcoming courts-martial of yet more low-ranking Army enlisted soldiers implicated in the mistreatment of detainees.


Pappas may seen like the military Scooter Libby falling on his sword to protect higher ranking officers, but the truth of the matter is that there will never be a connection made between the goings on at Abu Ghraib and the top ranks of either the Pentagon or the Bush administration.

The Washington Post reported on the front page this morning that developments in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal might finally answer the question of who ordered "the use of military working dogs to frighten detainees."

The news is that Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, the one time commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison and the supposed inspiration for Abu Ghraib's operations has invoked his right not to incriminate himself."
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