It has amazed and frustrated me that Kerry has not been willing or able to keep outrage about Abu Ghraib in the forefront of his criticism of misadministration policy. Now comes word that, although the issue is too much the political hot potato even for the arrogant Bush administration to spotlight until after November, top administration figures are angling to promote Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who ran the detention facilities in Iraq. (LA Times)
And:
“The Army’s intelligence chief said yesterday that he has “great confidence” in the ability of Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, the highest-ranking intelligence officer tied to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, to lead the Army’s intelligence school.
“In my opinion, she’s a great officer and we ought to put her in command,” Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for intelligence, said in a breakfast interview with defense writers. ” (Washington Post)
