Accused G.I.'s Try to Shift Blame in Prison Abuse
"some of the defendants said that even the most shocking conduct shown in images were the result of direct orders."
Bush Approval Falls to a Record Low in Newsweek Poll
U.S. Guards 'Filmed Beatings' at Terror Camp
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Protective Parent Reform Act Is Major Victory For Children 5/11/04 "The Tennessee General Assembly took a major step in child protection this session in passing the Protective Parent Reform Act. The Act provides guidelines for any attorney who is appointed to represent a child in a hearing for custody. It also prohibits the custody courts from granting a change in custody of a child based on a parent filing a good faith allegation of child abuse if the Department of Children's Services fails to fully substantiate or even investigate the allegation, which happens too frequently. The most far reaching part of the Act is in making certain that the best interest of the child is the center of a custody dispute by stating that child abuse is to be considered on a preponderance of the evidence instead of the more onerous clear and convincing evidence or beyond reasonable doubt. The Act also prohibits the courts from placing a child in the custody of or in an uncontrolled visitation arrangement with a parent who presents a substantial risk of harm to the child." http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_50424.asp
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Bush Approval Falls to a Record Low in Newsweek Poll (Update1) May 15 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush faces the disapproval of a majority of Americans for the first time in his presidency, with only 42 percent saying they approve of the job he's doing, the lowest number yet in a Newsweek magazine poll.
Bush's overall job approval rating in the survey conducted May 13 and 14 fell from 49 percent in the last Newsweek poll almost a month ago, while the number of respondents who say they approve of his handling of Iraq also dropped to 35 percent from 44 percent. Forty-one percent of registered voters say they want Bush reelected, down from 46 percent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/international/middleeast/16DETA.html?ex=1085786498&ei=1&en=df9e4fe212071fcc
Accused G.I.'s Try to Shift Blame in Prison Abuse
By ADAM LIPTAK, MICHAEL MOSS and KATE ZERNIKE
Published: May 16, 2004
....Each has a personal version of events but one theme unites them: they contend they were following orders...."We intend to put the military on trial for their breakdown in leadership, structure, guidance, policy," Mr. Bergrin said....But the most immediate task for the other accused soldiers is proving that they were doing what their superiors wanted. "Our defense says he was following orders and that he believed the orders were lawful," said Guy L. Womack, a lawyer for Specialist Graner. Last week, some of the defendants said that even the most shocking conduct shown in images were the result of direct orders.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/051704A.shtml
U.S. Guards 'Filmed Beatings' at Terror Camp
By David Rose and Gaby Hinsliff
The Observer U.K. Sunday 16 May 2004
Senator urges action as Briton reveals Guantanamo abuse.
Dozens of videotapes of American guards allegedly engaged in brutal attacks on Guantanamo Bay detainees have been stored and catalogued at the camp, an investigation by The Observer has revealed.
The disclosures, made in an interview with Tarek Dergoul, the fifth British prisoner freed last March, who has been too traumatised to speak until now, prompted demands last night by senior politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to make the videos available immediately.
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