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...Pentagon investigations that are expected next month. One is a review of U.S. detention and interrogation practices worldwide that is being conducted by Vice Admiral Albert Church. A separate report, on allegations of abuse at Guantánamo made by FBI agents present there, is being prepared by the Southern Command...
...Washington source familiar with the preliminary outlines of the Church report says that while it corroborates cases of abuse, including sexual humiliation of prisoners, it finds no fault with top military leaders at the facilities or the Pentagon. "Commanders get demoted or even fired for 'command climate' failures, but no top officer has been held accountable in these situations," says the source. "It is up to commanders in the field to make policies crystal clear, but a series of commanders allowed the lines to erode." --With reporting by Sally B. Donnelly/Washington...
...Manelick's father claims that his son had e-mailed him saying he suspected that colleagues at Ultra Services--whose website says it has done $14 million worth of business with the Pentagon--were involved in fraudulent activities with U.S. Army contracting officers. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command has confirmed that Manelick met with its investigators in Iraq but won't say what was discussed. TIME, however, has obtained an e-mail written by an Army investigator, who says Manelick visited her days before he died and said he was "fearful for his life." The e-mail doesn...
Ultra Services executives couldn't be reached for comment, and it's unclear whether the construction firm is still in business. Suspecting that Von Ackermann and Manelick weren't the victims of random violence, the investigative command turned the cases over to its Major Procurement Fraud Unit. Spokesman Chris Grey says the probe has been slowed because of the "complexities of this case" and the difficulties of collecting evidence in a war zone. --By Douglas Waller
...fair, Kodak has long invested in digital technologies, going back to a 1976 digital-camera prototype. More recently, in 2001 it introduced the first of a line in digital cameras named EasyShare that have grown in popularity and today command a leading share of the market, ahead of Sony, according to International Data Corp. Carp began preparing the ground for Kodak's transformation soon after he took over in 2000, placing people from digitally dominant companies like General Electric and Lexmark International into top management posts. After his first COO, Patricia Russo, left to head up Lucent, he replaced...