From The Associated Press...
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Pentagon Refused Lawyer As Prison Adviser Sat May 8, 2:14 AM
By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials rejected an Army plan last year to send an experienced military lawyer _ who is also a Republican member of Congress _ to help oversee the unit blamed for prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib complex outside Baghdad.
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Full article here...
http://www.comcast.net/News/DOMESTIC//XML/1152_Cabinet/a693cf02-03f6-4c42-b500-08e0bc9897d9.htmlLet me guess... Rumsfeld had no idea that his underlings had refused to have a lawyer act as an advisor in the Abu Ghraib prison.
I hope Bush's poll numbers take a huge hit for him standing so solidly behind that jackass Rumsfeld.