Once a nation of laws, seems to have become essentially lawless.

By ERIC SCHMITT and DOUGLAS JEHL 5:28 PM ET

"Dozens of detainees were held off rosters to hide them from Red Cross inspections, far more than has been previously reported."

"Another senior Army investigator, Gen. George R. Fay, described for the first time in detail how C.I.A. officials in Baghdad and at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va., three times refused his request for information, finally explaining they were doing their own investigation into the matter.

"Military officials have said the C.I.A.'s practice of using the military's prisons in Iraq to hide prisoners they are interrogating violated military regulations and international law. The inspectors general of the Defense Department and C.I.A. are now investigating the matter."