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Inside the post-Abu Ghraib security machine

By Mark Obbie

Alissa Rubin's on-the-ground reporting succeeds at elevating this story on the American system of detention and trial of Iraqi terror suspects from generalities to specifics. Loaded with numbers and animated with examples, from her observations of hearings held to decide whether to hold or release prisoners, the story is a clear example of why such reporting done from afar cannot hope to provide a clear enough picture. Even though it's long it leaves me wanting more, particularly as it starts out by saying the Americans plan to experiment in shifting control of the prisons to Iraqi control. But Rubin doesn't explain enough how that might change the conditions that she describes.

Full post as published by Lawbeat on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).