Photo may show intelligence officers in charge.

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Nick — 5/14/2004 2:30:48 PM (archived)

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Spc. Charles A. Graner Jr., leaning against the wall and labeled as No. 1, identified four other soldiers in this photograph (Nos. 4, 5, 7 and 8) as military intelligence officers. No. 2 is a civilian translator

EXCLUSIVE
NBC News and news services
Updated: 8:47 p.m. ET May 13, 2004

WASHINGTON - Abusive treatment under the supervision of military intelligence officers may have been intentionally used as part of the interrogation of Iraqi captives at the Abu Ghraib prison, according to a previously unpublished photograph of U.S. soldiers and other personnel obtained by NBC News.

The photograph was taken during the interrogation of several Iraqi prisoners who are depicted naked in a heap on the floor, according to a military police officer who faces a court-martial in connection with alleged abuses at the notorious facility on the outskirts of Baghdad.

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Senators See New Photographs . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2004 1:22:12 AM
- Photo may show intelligence officers in charge. - Nick - 5/14/2004 2:30:48 PM
- Wonder what the "legal" basis for withholding those photos is. - Bowser - 5/14/2004 5:05:33 AM
  - "legal" basis - RobVG - 5/14/2004 2:26:48 PM
    - This sudden burst of compassion is nice. - Bowser - 5/14/2004 3:15:09 PM
      - Why do you want the images released? - SDG - 5/14/2004 6:08:56 PM
        
        Shorter answer: maximum political damage. - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 11:15:36 PM
        
        That's a good question, with, I think, a good answer. - Bowser - 5/14/2004 6:22:04 PM
        
        "It was only after the public became aware that the administration found the acts reprehensible." - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 11:31:53 PM
        
        You're just putting the shuck on me. You don't believe this, I'm sure. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/15/2004 2:08:08 AM
        
        re: That's a good question, with, I think, a good answer. - SDG - 5/14/2004 6:41:11 PM
        
        Another timeline - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 11:13:14 PM
        
        A timeline - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 10:54:33 PM
  - Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld - FrankC - 5/14/2004 5:15:30 AM
    - Yer comin' along, FrankO!! That's the point. - Bowser - 5/14/2004 5:41:21 AM
- Scandals - Lindy - 5/14/2004 2:57:35 AM
  - "the denial and coverup of what the government knows about ufos" Evidently your friend is putting you on. - David F Mayer - 5/14/2004 7:13:06 AM

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