Ohiocore

This account from UK-based paper, the Guardian:

U.S. Army reservist Staff Sgt. Ivan ``Chip'' Frederick, 38, of Buckingham,
Va., admitted to allegations of conspiracy, dereliction of duty, maltreatment of
detainees, assault, and committing an indecent act.

Frederick, as a mid-level enlisted Staff Seargeant (E6) is still the highest ranking individual charged over Abu Ghraib torture and sexual abuse. The .mil seems implausibly to contend that not even one officer was involved in any culpable way. In that vein, the investigation proceeds with one obvious limitation: the presiding judge ranks only a Colonel (O6).

Frederick blamed the U.S. military command for the problems, saying he had been given no training and no support. "I had no support when I brought things up to my command. They told me to do what (Military Intelligence) told me to do,'' he said.

Frederick said he only learned afterward that there were regulations regarding treatment of the detainees.

This latter statement is the only one that seems potentially untrue. The Army has regulations for everything, right? Even if you don't know what they are, in an MP company, there shouldn't be any way you could believe that the Army had never generated documents on how to run prisons. What is remarkable however, is that Frederick could even make such a claim without being directly and decisively refuted by a Commanding Officer saying "Frederick was briefed on regulations on February 2nd, 2001" or some file clerk saying "On May 8th, 2000, Pfc Frederick was tested on the US Army Revised MP Guidelines, scoring 84 of a possible 112 points."

Lest you forget, Al Jazeera and the BBC both end their reports with similar reminders:

At least 2,000 people are still being detained there indefinitely without charge. Up till now, no top army officials outside the prison have been held responsible for the abuses and there have been no high-level resignations.

And:

More than 2,000 people are still being held there indefinitely without charge. Despite questions about how high-up the chain of command these abuses were sanctioned, no senior army officials outside the prison have been held responsible and there have been no high-level resignations.