Memo Ordered Silence in Iraqi Abuse Case

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - U.S. special operations forces accused of abusing prisoners in Iraq warned defense intelligence personnel not to talk about the alleged mistreatment they saw, according to a government memo to a top adviser of

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
In the memo written June 25 after the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal had gone public, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency complained about the harassment of DIA personnel, including one case where special forces confiscated photos of a prisoner they had punched.

Defense intelligence workers also had their e-mail messages monitored and were ordered by a special operations task force ``not to talk to anyone'' about what they saw, said the memo, which was among internal documents released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.