Gen Taguba: Did anyone but me sense a discrepancy between his testimony

and what's written in his report?

The thrust of what was in his testimony seemed to limit the extent of what he "knows" about the torture to a small group of individuals, cameras were individuals' cameras, photography not part of the method "as far as I know", no role by MG Miller in promoting the abuse etc.

But the whole tone of the report suggests that the events were precisely the result of the policy of Hambone et al. as promulgated through MG Miller, the school of thought that the MPs should "set the conditions" for interrogations by Mil. Intel.

Did he have a "Frankie Pentangeli" moment in testimony?

(Godfather II for those who haven't seen it--Pentangeli has been in gov't protective custody and is the star witness to testify against the Corleone Mafia family in Congress. At the beginning of his testimony, Michael Corleone shows up at the hearings with Pentangeli's brother from Sicily in tow. Pentangeli recants everything he's said up to that point. "I don't know anything about no cosa nostra.")

"The Pentagon" insisted that he appear with his boss and Cambone - and that his boss and Cambone get to speak first.

So, the intimidation isn't just speculation - it's very real.

about the fact that he was ordered to investigate only to Karpinski did any one else catch that? and nobody asked him about it from the senate. it was only a one liner.