Senators to question Cambone over Abu Ghraib

[Robbien]

By Demetri Sevastopulo
Published: May 27 2004 19:20 | Last Updated: May 27 2004 19:20

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Described by supporters as an intellectual visionary and by detractors as an arrogant ideologue, Mr Cambone is relatively unknown off the Washington stage. But behind the scenes he has been instrumental in pushing Mr Rumsfeld's vision of military transformation.

The decision to create a new intelligence office at the Pentagon, which Mr Cambone was tapped to head, was born out of Mr Rumsfeld's view that the modern military relies increasingly on intelligence to fight wars. Some members of the intelligence community viewed the move as an attempt to politicise the intelligence-gathering process by setting up an internal Pentagon intelligence organisation to rival the Central Intelligence Agency.

"It was generally viewed as an unwarranted power-grab by an ideologically driven political hack," said Larry Johnson, a former CIA official and counter- terrorism official at the State Department.

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Another former senior government official who worked with Mr Cambone says he was almost certainly aware of the interrogation measures in Iraq. "He created a whole separate intelligence arm, separate from the Defense Intelligence Agency and the CIA, so that could use it for all their bureaucratic battles," the official said. "Steve is an absolute micromanager . . . and he was very uch at the front and centre of the biggest issues," he added. "Iraq was the biggest issue - it is inconceivable that he didn't know what was going on in those prisons."

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entire article is very interesting

[UpInArms]

1. wasn't he one of the CIA guys

that came out supporting Wilson after his wife was outed? Described himself as a lifelong "Republican"?

Hmmmm....

"It was generally viewed as an unwarranted power-grab by an ideologically driven political hack," said Larry Johnson, a former CIA official and counter- terrorism official at the State Department.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Mr Cambone is a suit management kind of guy

Who is in way over his head. Most likely a political appointment connected somehow through family or friends. I hope they end up frying his ugly ass for this.

[birdbrain]

3. Hope they give him a taste of his own medicine.

Ve haf vays of making you talk....

[PurityOfEssence]

4. Let's get Boykin on the stand

He needs to have a bit of light shed upon him...