The Abu Ghraib supplementary documents

By Alexander Cohen

WASHINGTON, October 8, 2004 — The military's mission at Abu Ghraib was inadequately planned almost from conception. It was subordinated to p

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"… eral Anthony Taguba’s investigation into abuses of military detainees in Iraq, were provided to the Center by Rolling Stone contributor Osha Gray Davids …"

"… the U.S. government has detained thousands of individuals in Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries suspected of ties to terrorism. Bush administration of …"

"… available.The 800th Military Police Brigade assumed responsibility for all Iraqi detention operations during the summer of 2003 under a new commander, res …"

"… a prior incident of prisoner abuse at Camp Bucca, located in the south of Iraq near Umm Qasr.Taguba cited Karpinski’s poor leadership in several areas …"

Early warning

By Alan Green

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2004 — One year before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, then-Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White informed a trio of top-level

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"… irst, have full visibility into it.” …"

"… The Defense Department’s increased reliance on civilian contractors in Iraq, tens of thousands of whom are now on the ground there, has been part of a …"

"… hraib prison, 20 miles west of Baghdad. The role of private contractors in Iraq first earned widespread public attention over revelations about contracts …"

"… ndividuals awarded up to $8 billion in contracts for their work in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan. The Center report, Making a Killing: The Business of War, …"

Advisors of influence: Nine members of the Defense Policy Board have ties to defense contractors

By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi

Data by Aron Pilhofer WASHINGTON, March 28, 2003 — Of the 30 members of the Defense Policy Board, the government-appointed group that advis

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"… ntractors.Richard Perle, who has been a very public advocate of the war in Iraq, resigned the chairmanship of the Defense Policy Board after being critici …"

"… y advised clients of Goldman Sachs on investment opportunities in post-war Iraq, and is a director with stock options of the U.K.-based Autonomy Corp., wh …"

"… onstruction firms, is among the companies bidding for contracts to rebuild Iraq. The company had defense contracts worth close to $650 million in 2001 and …"

"… icy papers in recent months supporting the current military strike against Iraq. He serves both as chairman and CEO of Canadian media tycoon Conrad Black …"

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Watching the terror trails

LONDON, June 12, 2002 — If you heard anything, you would think it was a mosquito hovering, hunting for fresh prey. But in the dark night ski

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"… ology has enabled commanders to safely visit targets in dangerous areas of Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Serbia and now Kosovo, without putting pilots’ liv …"

Special Report: Kuchma approved sale of weapons system to Iraq

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2002 — Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma personally authorized the clandestine sale of $100-million worth of high-tech

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"… le of $100-million worth of high-technology anti-aircraft radar systems to Iraq on July 10, 2000, in violation of United Nations sanctions.The Center for …"

"… tes used to export Ukrainian trucks. Kuchma also agreed to send experts to Iraq with forged passports to deploy the system. The operation was to be conduc …"

"… rooks, a spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency, said when asked if Iraq had deployed long-range passive radar systems. “Iraq has them.” One Eu …"

"… said when asked if Iraq had deployed long-range passive radar systems. “Iraq has them.” One European intelligence expert said that if Iraq had obtain …"

Commentary: The dangers of disinformation in the war on terrorism

By Maud S. Beelman

WASHINGTON, February 2, 2002 — "In wartime," Winston Churchill once said, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a body

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"… . “But in a war situation, it’s different.” In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Pentagon officials leaked word that a U.S. aircraft carrier would be …"

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Commentary: Clamping down on freedom of the press

The clamp-down on the freedom of the press by the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government, begun in the wake of September 11

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"… And while embedded reporters enjoyed far greater access—and danger—in Iraq, many news organizations, including The New York Times and The Washington …"

"… press restraint” on coverage of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq—somewhat ironic considering that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sta …"

"… itive about the awarding of billions of dollars in government contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, we decided to go to work, filing 73 FOIAs and, when neces …"

The disinformation campaign

By Philip Knightley

WASHINGTON, October 14, 2001 — The way wars are reported in the western media follows a depressingly predictable pattern: stage one, the cri

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"… tant images that Hitler’s name provokes. So when George Bush Sr. likened Iraq’s takeover of Kuwait with the Nazi blitzkrieg in Europe in the 1930s, th …"

"… their bayonets. Dusted off and updated for the Gulf war, this version had Iraqi soldiers bursting into a modern Kuwaiti hospital, finding the premature b …"

"… the babies out of incubators so that the incubators could be sent back to Iraq.The story, improbable from the start, was first reported by the Daily Tele …"

"… ill & Knowlton, to campaign for American military intervention to oust Iraq from Kuwait.The Human Rights Caucus of the US Congress was meeting in Octo …"

By the numbers

By Bill Buzenberg and David E. Kaplan

With two wars and an economy in shambles, it’s not hard to get the feeling that something’s gone terribly wrong here in Washington. “We’ll l

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"… 002-2008; 1,256 were dismissed• 190,000 U.S.-supplied weapons missing in Iraq• $212.3 million in overcharges by Halliburton for Iraq oil reconstructio …"

"… eapons missing in Iraq• $212.3 million in overcharges by Halliburton for Iraq oil reconstruction work• $455 billion deficit for fiscal year 2008; esti …"

"… eds met by alternative energy• 2,145 troops killed and 21,000 injured in Iraq from March 2003 through November 1, 2008, by IEDs (improvised explosive de …"

"… ves — many while awaiting body armor. Additionally, tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in the conflict• 34.8 percent of oil used in America …"

The Center remembers Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2007 — "Fearless inquiry is essential to give people the knowledge that makes democracy possible and that keeps it s

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"… revived as Democrats debated U.S. involvement in countries from Bosnia to Iraq.In the 1950s, Schlesinger became increasingly involved in electoral politi …"

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