[LPStar]

I seriously doubt any government official, including the President George Bush in 1991, was unaware that Iraq committed widespread torture. So this goes a lot further than Clinton.

Even I knew Iraq was a torture state. CNN failed to report this, and they were wrong. But CNN was hardly the only organization or person to know what was going on.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Knowing something in general is MUCH different than having specific knowledge. For example, I KNOW that OJ is the real killer, however, they would not have wanted to hear from me at his trial, because I don't have first-hand, eyewitness knowledge.

Eason Jordan, et al cnn personnel, had specific, first-hand eyewitness knowledge. This alone puts them in a position of being responsible to share this knowledge with the proper authorities. Couple this with their charge as journalists to report the truth, and you can't help but hold them partially responsible for the atrocities that have occurred in Iraq in the last twelve years. Just merely saying, "Well, everybody knew it", doesn't let them off the hook.