Rumsfeld Subpoenaed... By Sibel Edmonds

[WillyT]

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In an unusual bi-partisan act, the House Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena on Friday to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld concerning the case of Army Specialist Samuel Provance. In 2004, Spc. Provance blew the whistle on detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, including the use of prisoner's children to "break" them. An alert from the Committee follows below.

"Congress has inherent authority pursuant to its oversight responsibilities to receive information of waste, fraud, and abuse. We applaud Congressmen Davis and Waxman for taking the step towards preserving this institutional authority," said Sibel Edmonds, President of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition.

In February 2006, Samuel Provance testified before the Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, outlining his many attempts to alert his chain of command and Defense Department investigators about abuses at Abu Ghraib. His testimony can be viewed here

According to his testimony: "They seemed to me to be designed to shut people up, not to reveal the truth about what happened and punish all the wrongdoers. In particular, they seemed focused on trying to shut off the responsibility of those who were higher up the chain of command."

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Link: http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_sibel_ed_060705_subpoena_to_rumsfeld.htm

Subpoena here: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/rumsfeld-subpoena/?resultpage=1&

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