Army Officer Is Cleared In Abu Ghraib Scandal (Jordan)

The Washington Post ^ | Jan 10, 2008 | Josh White

[RDTF]

The only Army officer charged with a crime as a result of the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has been cleared of all criminal responsibility in the case after a general this week dismissed the one conviction against him and wiped away the sentence.

Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan was convicted last year on one charge of disobeying an order when a jury found that he spoke to others about the Abu Ghraib investigation after he was ordered not to do so. Though Jordan was exonerated at trial of any connection to the abuse of Iraqi detainees in 2003, he was issued a criminal reprimand for his failure to obey Maj. Gen. George Fay, who led the most significant investigation into the abuses after they were discovered.

Maj. Gen. Richard J. Rowe, commanding general of the Military District of Washington, wrote a short letter to Jordan's attorney on Tuesday night explaining that the criminal charge would be dismissed. "The finding of guilty and the sentence are disapproved," Rowe wrote. "The charges are dismissed."

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[Doctor Raoul]

It’s a Bush coverup I tell you...what about Building 7?

[rhombus]

Where does he now get his reputation back?

[Flintlock]

What about those “senior commanders” who pushed all this crap in the first place?
Or—do they get their rewards with Saudi Oil $?

[rhombus]

What in the wild world of sports are you talking about?

[teeman8r]

this is just happening because history is written by the victors and we’ll never know what truly went on behind the scenes at abu got grabbed...

teeman

[weegee]

The only Army officer charged with a crime as a result of the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has been cleared of all criminal responsibility in the case after a general this week dismissed the one conviction against him and wiped away the sentence.

bears repeating. This will not be considered breaking news in the MSM.

[RDTF]

and not front page news - it is back on page 6 of the WaPo

[tortdog]

I thought were were there for Iraqi oil. Did we invade the wrong country?

[3AngelaD]

I love how the Washington Post managed to hide this story so far inside the A section that you had to fight to find it. What happened to their front page coverage of this “outrage” involving women’s panties? The ONLY Army officer charged in Abu Ghraib HAS BEEN CLEARED and this isn’t front page news. What freakin’ hypocrites. I wonder if Botero is going to add Lt. Col. Jordan to his sculptures of this “event”