Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Abu Ghraib: Exposing The Scandal

It's been three years since 60 MINUTES II broke the story of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The pictures from Abu Ghraib shocked the nation and the world. Joe Darby is the whistleblower who first reported the abuse to the Army. This is his story: a story of bravery, honor and despair.

Abu Ghraib: Exposing The Scandal
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The Story That Broke The Scandal

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Background

  • Eleven U.S. soldiers were convicted on charges stemming from the Abu Ghraib scandal. Charles Graner Jr. received the harshest sentence, a 10-year prison term.
  • Lt. Col. Steven Lee Jordan is the only U.S. military officer who has been charged with a crime. His court-martial is scheduled for July 2007.
  • Two officers received nonjudicial punishment: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski and Col. Thomas M. Pappas were both relieved of command.

Paying The Price

Comments

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1
darby was a rat and most likely casused more troops to die becase of back lash from the iraq People trouble is caused for the us there
Posted by groenewegb on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:18 PM ET
2
I think Rumsfeld should get sued because of exposing him.
Posted by phagh12 on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:19 PM ET
3
Joe Darby is a courageous man whose actions are true to American ideals.
Posted by chaplaindavidr on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:19 PM ET
4
Darby is a hero. When you have lairs, crooks, cowards and traitors of the likes of Rove, CheneyRumsfeld, and Bush. It's refeshing that there is an American that will stand up and tell the truth about our lairs. Darby should be rewarded and the aboved mentioned, should be tried for teason and punished as such.
Posted by dezutti62 on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:27 PM ET
5
sounds like darby stopped a BTK killer in the making. that dude he turned in seemed messed up. he'd have worked his way up. if he'd do it to one person he'd do it to another. he abused the iraqi just because they were available and powerless.
Posted by abraham_zahraie on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:44 PM ET
6
Darby did the right thing and displayed amazing integrity before an administration that prides itself on deceit, bullying and morally bankrupt leadership.
Posted by rv_126 on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:54 PM ET
7
hey groenewegb.....the backlash came not from darby blowing the whistle but because the men and women who carried out those atrocious acts. Blame them, not the one who exposed the dispicable and disgusting people who committed those crimes.
Posted by zarlashthamidi on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:56 PM ET
8
What could be more republican than Rumsfeld's exposure of Darby? We've seen this sort of "solution" played out so many times.
Posted by michael_golub on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:57 PM ET
9
Joe Darby is a good man, who must be commended for his actions. A applaude you for standing up for what was right. Crooks like the ones we currently have in Washington..must go...all of them. I do not think I have to mention names.
Posted by roquepc on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:59 PM ET
10
Darby did not put American troops at risk because of what he did. It was the people doing these terrible things to the prisoners that put them at risk.. Darby said it all when he stated that we're Americans and we should be holding ourselves to a higher standard.
Posted by je_stewart on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 8:59 PM ET

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