Senate Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses

A bipartisan Senate report released last week says that former Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials are directly responsible for abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and charges that decisions by those officials led to serious offenses against prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere. The Senate Armed Services Committee report contradicts Bush Administration claims that harsh prisoner interrogation techniques were sought by front-line military officers. The Report's executive summary offers the clearest time-line to date linking the acts of Mr. Rumsfeld and other Pentagon officials to abusive treatment in the field. For more, see the New York Times. [JH]