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Rumsfeld may still lose his job over this. And so may the President. Strategists in the Bush campaign do not believe the abuse scandal per se will hurt the President's political standing, but they admit that the nearly daily disclosures of depravity contribute to the feeling that Iraq is becoming a bigger mess. More important, the flare-ups from the conflict are blotting out positive developments. On the day Rumsfeld's testimony dominated the airwaves and the New York Times called for his resignation, it was announced that 288,000 new jobs were created in April. Bush heralded...
...Iraqi prison couldn't be further from home for those facing career-ending charges in the scandal. The 372nd Military Police Company, a unit of reservists based in a one-story brick building in Cresaptown, Md., draws most of its members from small, down-at-the-heels towns in the green valleys of Appalachia. Many sign on as teenagers, as England did, to get college benefits. Others, like Staff Sergeant Ivan (Chip) Frederick, are eager to see a bit of the world. Patriotism runs deep in this part of the country, and recruitment ads for the armed services constantly stream...
Shoemaker-Davis knows four of the people accused in the prisoner-abuse scandal, plus the whistle-blower, Joseph Darby. And, like other friends and acquaintances, she has trouble squaring the folks she knows with what she sees in the photos. "I think they were doing what they were told, but that doesn't excuse it," she says. "The people I knew would have said, 'No. Kiss my butt...
...court document that "Charles picked me up and threw me against the wall" and also sneaked into her home at night. "I just don't think this is normal behavior." Prisoner abuse was a problem at the penitentiary where Graner worked, but he was not implicated in a 1998 scandal that led to the firing or transfer of 24 guards. The divorced Graner became romantically involved with England while serving in Iraq, and England's family has confirmed through its attorney that she is about five months pregnant with Graner's child...
...time low. The business side was being run by Mark Willes, a former president of General Mills who was dubbed the "cereal killer" and was resented at the newspaper for firing journalists and attempting to break down the wall between advertising and editorial. This culminated in a scandal over a special issue of the Sunday magazine in 1999 devoted to the new Staples convention center in downtown Los Angeles. After the issue's publication, it emerged that the paper had agreed to share the advertising profits with the Staples center, a fatal marriage of business and reporting. Many...