Rumsfeld may be rebuked by his own commission investigating prison abuse

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A Battle Over Blame
Rumsfeld may be rebuked by his own commission investigating prison abuse

Laurent Van Der Stockt / Gamma for Newsweek

By Michael Hirsh and John Barry
NewsweekAug. 9 issue - James Schlesinger has always been a hawk. But in four decades of public life, the square-jawed former professor has also been known as mulishly independent, whether as Defense and Energy secretary or CIA director. (President Gerald Ford, annoyed by Schlesinger's arrogance, fired him.) All of which could add up to an unpleasant surprise for another old Washington lion who is not renowned for his humility: Donald Rumsfeld. In mid-August, the commission that Schlesinger chairs—handpicked by Rumsfeld from members of his own Defense Policy Board—is expected to issue its final report on abuses by U.S. interrogators stemming from the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal. NEWSWEEK has learned the Schlesinger panel is leaning toward the view that failures of command and control at the Pentagon helped create the climate in which the abuses occurred.

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ie----politicos to blame rumsfield for more things. Big Woo