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  1. Child Abuse and the Church (Awesome Library)
      Provides sources of information about the struggle of the Roman Catholic Church with child abuse. 03-10

  2. 05-11-04 Abuse in Iraqi Systematic, Not Isolated (BBC News)
      "Citing coalition intelligence officers, the 24-page report passed to the coalition by the International Committee of the Red Cross in February also found evidence of widespread and routine abuse of prisoners." 5-04

  3. 05-12-04 General Taguba: Abuse in Iraqi Caused by a Failure in Leadership (MSNBC News)
      "The general who first investigated allegations that U.S. soldiers abused prisoners in Iraq told Congress on Tuesday that the mistreatment resulted from a 'failure of leadership from the brigade commander on down, a lack of discipline, no training whatsoever and no supervision.' ” 5-04

  4. 05-12-04 U.S. Missed Chances to Stop Abuses (USA Today)
      "Pentagon and White House officials missed numerous opportunities to head off abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, according to interviews, testimony and public documents that have emerged since the scandal erupted last month.” 5-04

  5. Report: Rumsfeld Approved Iraqi Abuses (USAToday.com)
      "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the expansion of a secret program that encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the growing insurgency in Iraq, The New Yorker reported Saturday." 5-04

  6. 05-18-04 Red Cross: Iraq Abuse Widespread and Routine (Associated Press - Higgins)
      "Up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees were arrested 'by mistake,' according to coalition intelligence officers cited in a Red Cross report disclosed Monday. It also says U.S. officers mistreated inmates at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison by keeping them naked in dark, empty cells." 5-04

  7. Panel: Top Officials, Including Rumsfeld, Responsible for Abuses (USA Today)
      "An independent panel investigating prisoner abuse in Iraq blamed top Pentagon officials and local commanders for creating conditions that led to "acts of brutality and purposeless sadism" toward some prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison."

      "But it is the first to assign some responsibility for the abuse to top Defense Department officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It implicitly criticized them for confusing policies regarding what was permissible in the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq and at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." 8-04

  8. -12-07-04 Darby Commended for Reporting Abuse (CBS News)
      "[Spc. Joe] Darby, who is still on duty overseas, was commended in a military report for promptly alerting superiors in January after discovering photographs of fellow 372nd Military Police Company personnel taking part in abuse of prisoners at the prison." 12-04

  9. -03-15-05 Reid Promises Strong Consequences If Republicans "Abuse Power" (Bloomberg.com)
      "Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid threatened to bring the Senate to a halt if Republicans try to change the chamber's rules to prevent the minority party from blocking President George W. Bush's judicial nominees."

      "Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said during a news conference at the Capitol that he would 'rather dance than fight' with Republican leaders. He said changing rules that the Senate has followed for two centuries would represent an 'arrogant abuse of power.' ''

      "During Bush's first term in office, the Senate confirmed 204 judicial nominees and Democrats blocked votes on 10 -- a confirmation rate of over 95 percent."

      "Bush renominated seven of those 10; two received recess appointments -- requiring that the Senate eventually review their nominations again. A third, Washington lawyer Miguel Estrada, formally withdrew his nomination."

      "During former President Bill Clinton's eight years in office, the Senate withheld a vote on 64 of Clinton's nominees."

  10. -09-28-05 Pattern of Abuse (Time.com)
      "A decorated Army officer reveals new allegations of detainee mistreatment in Iraq and Afghanistan. Did the military ignore his charges?"

      "Majority Leader Bill Frist, Armed Services Committee chairman John Warner and John McCain, a former torture victim in Vietnam. A Senate Republican staffer familiar with both the Captain and his allegations told TIME he appeared 'extremely credible.' " 9-05

  11. -10-07-05 Judge Gives Vatican Immunity on Abuse Case (USA Today)
      "A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that the Holy See is a foreign state that enjoys certain immunity protections, placing restrictions on a lawsuit by three men who allege the Vatican covered up the sexual abuse of children by priests.

      "The ruling is significant because it says that the Holy See's religious activity is irrelevant to the immunity protections it enjoys as a foreign state. It could have implications for other cases in which the Holy See is named as a defendant in the clerical sexual abuse scandal." 9-05

  12. -11-16-05 International Outcry Greets Allegations of Abuse in Iraq (Guardian Unlimited)
      Ayad al-Samarrai, a senior official with the Iraqi Islamic party, a mainstream Sunni group, said "The party wanted an independent Iraqi inquiry established, with support from the US military and perhaps the UN, but with the powers to enter interior ministry buildings to investigate the widely reported accounts of abuse and torture. If no suitable Iraqi inquiry team could be set up, then an international investigation should be set up, he said. He said officials from Iraq's human rights ministry had tried to investigate but had been refused access by the powerful interior ministry."

      " 'All those who were released from this prison were Sunnis,' Mr Samarrai said. 'It looks like part of a plan to make this community terrified, or to push them to leave Iraq or to leave their homes, or to force them into violence as they will think it is the only way to protect themselves.' " 11-05

  13. -01-18-06 Report: U.S. Abuse of Prisoners a Boon for Terrorist Recruiters (CBS News)
      "The Bush administration has a deliberate strategy of abusing terror suspects during interrogations, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in its annual report on the treatment of people in more than 70 countries."

      "The human rights group based its conclusions mostly on statements by senior administration officials in the past year, and said President Bush's reassurances that the United States does not torture suspects were deceptive and rang hollow."

      "Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, told reporters Wednesday that the 'U.S. disregard for human rights in the name of fighting terrorism' has actually hurt efforts to combat terror groups. He said it has robbed America of the moral high ground and bred resentment that 'has been a boon for terrorist recruiters.' "

      "In a separate report, the organization strongly criticized three insurgent groups in Iraq; al Qaeda, Ansar al-Sunna and the Islamic Army, for targeting civilians with car bombs and suicide bombers in mosques, markets and bus stations." 01-06

  14. -04-15-06 Report: Rumsfeld Allowed Guantanamo Abuse (MSNBC News)
      "Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld permitted abusive interrogations of a suspected Sept. 11 hijacker, according to a Salon report." 04-06

  15. -06-17-06 Pentagon Study Describes Abuse by U.S. Units in Iraq (New York Times)
      "United States Special Operations troops employed a set of harsh, unauthorized interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq during a four-month period in early 2004, long after approval for their use was rescinded, according to a Pentagon inquiry released Friday." 06-06

  16. -10-15-06 Marine Legal Team Ordered Not to Discuss Gitmo Abuse Allegations (Fox News)
      "A paralegal and a military lawyer who brought forward allegations about prisoner abuse at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have been ordered not to speak with the press, lawyers and a military spokeswoman said Saturday." 10-06

  17. Editorial: Abuse of Prisoners Was Policy (New York Times - Editors)
      "When the abuses at Abu Ghraib became public, we were told these were the depraved actions of a few soldiers. The Yoo memo makes it chillingly apparent that senior officials authorized unspeakable acts and went to great lengths to shield themselves from prosecution." 04-08

  18. -10-10-08 Investigators: Sarah Palin Abused Her Power (USA Today)
      "In a report just released by the Alaska state legislature after a unanimous, bi-partisan, 12-0 vote of its Legislative Council, an investigator concludes that Gov. Sarah Palin 'abused her power' in the events that led to the firing of the state's public safety commissioner." 10-08

  19. -10-11-08 Editorial: What Does Palin's Abuse of Power Mean? (Time.com)
      "In the [investigative] report [regarding Gov. Sarah Palin's possible abuse of power], the head of Gov. Palin's security detail says that Todd [Palin] spent about half of his time in the governor's office — not at a desk (he didn't have one), but at a long conference table on one side of the office, with his own phone to make and receive calls. It became a shadow office, the informal Department of Getting Mike Wooten Fired." Mike Wooten was Gov. Palin's brother-in-law.

      "But even though she won't likely face any legal repercussions, the amateurism and cronyism of her brief administration hardly leaves Palin sitting pretty. Troopergate's final verdict may be even more damaging than a rebuke: her administration was, at least this regard, just as self-motivated as the Washington fat cats and lobbyists she hopes to unseat." 10-08

  20. -10-11-08 Report to the Alaska Legislative Council: Palin's Abuse of Power (MSNBC News)
      Provides Stephen Branchflower's report to the Alaska Legislative Council regarding whether Governor Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her Public Safety Commissioner. Finding Number One is that "Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides 'The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.' "

      Finding Number Two is that "I find that, although Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioiner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin's firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statuatory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads." 10-08

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