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Titolo: olè, nessun ufficiale colpevole per lo scandalo di Abu Ghraib

olè, nessun ufficiale colpevole per lo scandalo di Abu Ghraib
 A quanto pare nessuno è responsabile delle torture di cui sappiamo solo
grazie alle foto che sono trapelate sulla stampa. 
"Giustizia" USA è fatta!
Army Officer Is Cleared in Abu Ghraib Scandal
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 10, 2008; A06
The only Army officer charged with a crime as a result of the abuses at
the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has been cleared of all criminal
responsibility in the case after a general this week dismissed the one
conviction against him and wiped away the sentence.
Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan was convicted last year on one charge of
disobeying an order when a jury found that he spoke to others about the
Abu Ghraib investigation after he was ordered not to do so. Though Jordan
was exonerated at trial of any connection to the abuse of Iraqi detainees
in 2003, he was issued a criminal reprimand for his failure to obey Maj.
Gen. George Fay, who led the most significant investigation into the
abuses after they were discovered.
Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe, commanding general of the Military District of
Washington, wrote a short letter to Jordan's attorney on Tuesday night
explaining that the criminal charge would be dismissed. "The finding of
guilty and the sentence are disapproved," Rowe wrote. "The charges are
dismissed."
Col. James Yonts, a spokesman for the Military District of Washington,
said last night that Rowe has issued Jordan an administrative reprimand
that clears Jordan of criminal responsibility but still questions his
decision to disobey Fay's order. Rowe's action means that Jordan will have
no record of a criminal conviction and will continue to serve as an
active-duty officer at Fort Belvoir until his retirement.
"In light of the offense Lt. Col Jordan has been found guilty of
committing, and the substantial evidence in mitigation presented at the
trail and in post-trial matters submitted by defense counsel, Maj. Gen.
Rowe determined that an administrative reprimand was a fair and
appropriate disposition of the matter," Yonts said last night.
In a memo submitted to Rowe on Saturday, Jordan's attorney wrote that a
federal criminal conviction would be "unjust" and urged Rowe to reduce it
to an administrative punishment.
"It was a long struggle, but in the end he was vindicated," said Maj. Kris
Poppe, one of Jordan's attorneys. "In the end, there was a recognition
that this was a superb officer and leader and he did the best he could
under the circumstances he was in and didn't commit any crimes."
Jordan said yesterday that the Army "finally got it right" and that this
will let him "move back on with my life."
"I'm still a little bit shocked by it all, but I'm gratified and glad that
General Rowe saw it for what it really is," Jordan said. "I don't know if
any officer needed to be held accountable, but I obviously don't believe
it should have been me."
At one time, Jordan faced a potential sentence of 16 1/2 years in prison
amid allegations of detainee abuse and failing to properly supervise
soldiers who committed abuse. Early in the Abu Ghraib investigation,
Jordan was identified by the military as a potentially major player in the
case, but prosecutors were unable to link him to any of the photographs of
abuse that depicted detainees in hoods, shackled in painful positions and
stacked naked in human pyramids.
Jordan and his attorneys have long maintained his innocence and said that
he was neither involved with aggressive interrogation policies, nor did he
supervise the handful of low-ranking soldiers who have been convicted.
Prosecutors had long suggested that the case be concluded as an
administrative matter, but senior commanders ignored that advice and
pushed ahead with a public court-martial.
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