Archive - Aug 28, 2007

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SPLIT VERDICT FOR ABU GHRAIB OFFICER

A military jury has returned a split verdict in the case of the only officer put on trial as part of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The jury acquitted Lt. Col. Steven Jordan of a range of charges including dereliction of duty, failure to obey a lawful order, cruelty and maltreatment. The only charge Jordan was found guilty of was of disobeying an order to not speak about the investigation into the abuses at the prison. Jordan was the director of the Army's interrogation program at Abu Ghraib and he is the final of 12 defendents to face trial for abuses at the facilty.

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