Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses

New York Times by Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti | Dec. 12, 2008 (News Report)

A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush administration officials, including Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary, bore major responsibility for the abuses committed by American troops in interrogations at Abu Ghraib in Iraq; Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; and other military detention centers. Full Story »

Posted by Walter Cox

See All Reviews »

View

4.7

by R.Riski - Dec. 12, 2008

Given the Senate Armed Services Committee membership (read: bi-partisan), it's a vital story. It was buried on A10 in the West Coast edition of NYT. That is a poor editorial decision, given the weight of its implications. Sequential multi-nation financial meltdowns, multiple warfronts and global degradation aside, I wish this was A1, above the fold and highlighted in the influential Sunday NYT magazine. Tip of the iceberg stuff.