Hard to Believe but the Prisoner Abuse Scandal May Get Worse Not worse in the fashion of anti-American marches and demonstrations in the Middle East, that's a given, we'd have that here if say it was Iranians doing similar things to Americans [that has a familiar ring to it] . No, it gets worse in that the acts may be more than just rogue acts of a half-dozen folks -- and if that is the case -- I would hope even the freepers would feel some disgust [call me a cockeyed optimist]. From the Guardian, its a British Newspaper so obviously its anti-'murican, for those wingnuts who can read and need a scorecare upon which to base their, "but Bush was sent by God", belief system. The scandal has also brought to light the growing and largely unregulated role of private contractors in the interrogation of detainees. According to lawyers for some of the soldiers, they claimed to be acting in part under the instruction of mercenary interrogators hired by the Pentagon. ... Lawyers for the soldiers argue they are being made scapegoats for a rogue military prison system in which mercenaries give orders without legal accountability. A military report into the Abu Ghraib case - parts of which were made available to the Guardian - makes it clear that private contractors were supervising interrogations in the prison, which was notorious for torture and executions under Saddam Hussein. ... Colonel Jill Morgenthaler, speaking for central command, told the Guardian: "One contractor was originally included with six soldiers, accused for his treatment of the prisoners, but we had no jurisdiction over him. It was left up to the contractor on how to deal with him." She did not specify the accusation facing the contractor, but according to several sources with detailed knowledge of the case, he raped an Iraqi inmate in his mid-teens. ... "It's insanity," said Robert Baer, a former CIA agent, who has examined the case, and is concerned about the private contractors' free-ranging role. "These are rank amateurs and there is no legally binding law on these guys as far as I could tell. Why did they let them in the prison?" ...unravelling.