WalterM140 wrote:
It was good to hear General Kimmet say on the Today Show this morning that
officers were responsible for what their soldiers did or failed to do. Of
course the president is ultimately responsible -- to the American people.

Walt

Which by extension makes the citizens responsible- bringing us back
to those who are accused of the actual acts.

Personally, I'd say that the guards involved are candidates for
criminal liability if it can be proved that they actually carried
out the acts they are accused of- I haven't seen all the photos,
but I'd not want to be on the defense team at this point. Of the
officers at the camp, unless standard procedure there is for the
commanders at the camp to be absent, or they show that the incidents
were carried out by a very few with no knowledge outside the group,
then I'd say at least a command failure took place- whether it
is criminal or not is a question that I can't answer. Outside of
the camp, unless the officials knew of and condoned the treatment,
you're probably too far removed for effective liability- in fact,
I believe that an investigation began immediately after someone
passed some of the photos to the local criminal investigation folks.

Just my personal opinion.

Mike