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Discusses the investigation into the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq. Finding of Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller that United States oversight of Iraqi prisons was almost nonexistent, which he reported to Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq; Question of who is responsible for prisoner abuses carried out by the 372nd Military Police Company; Number of low-level soldiers facing court-martial, including Spc. Jeremy Sivits; Speculation that blame will be placed on Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski and others further up the chain of command; The role of intelligence operatives in the scandal; Details of the U.S. Congressional hearing on Abu Ghraib; Two factors that confuse the issue of who was in charge of the prison; The controversy over interrogation practices and detainees held at the Pentagon's base at Guantánamo Bay; Mention of Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Iraq; Concern that the Abu Ghraib photographs will further endanger Americans.

The article explores the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against President George W. Bush's post-September 11 policy that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to al Qaeda terrorist suspects. The president revealed the transfer of top al Qaeda suspects from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overseas prisons to the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay (Cuba). He maintains, along with CIA officials, that techniques employed at the secret prisons provided necessary intelligence gains. INSETS: TERROR'S TRAIL;Gitmo Bound.