U.S. News and World Report on U.S. News Obtains All Classified Annexes to the Taguba Report on Abu Ghraib:
Col. Henry Nelson, an Air Force psychiatrist who prepared a report for Taguba on Abu Ghraib, described it as a "new psychological battlefield," and detailed the nature of the challenge faced by the Americans working in the overcrowded prison. "These detainees are male and female, young and old," Nelson wrote; "they may be innocent, may have high intelligence value, or may be terrorists or criminals. No matter who they are, if they are at Abu Ghraib, they are remanded in deplorable, dangerous living conditions, as are soldiers."
This mess could not have occurred without either encouragement from the command structure or apathy on its part. A few NCOs and their troops should not be made the sacrificial lambs, while shitbird officers and civilian management get away with dereliction of duty.