JAG CENTRAL

The New York Times: Rumsfeld Issued an Order to Hide Detainee in Iraq ("Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, acting at the request of George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, ordered military officials in Iraq last November to hold a man suspected of being a senior Iraqi terrorist at a high-level detention center there but not list him on the prison's rolls, senior Pentagon and intelligence officials said Wednesday. This prisoner and other "ghost detainees" were hidden largely to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from monitoring their treatment, and to avoid disclosing their location to an enemy, officials said."), Genocide Case Against Milosevic Upheld ("The United Nations war crimes tribunal dismissed a mid-trial motion to acquit Slobodan Milosevic on genocide charges, handing the former Yugoslav president a setback three weeks before he is to begin his defense. Three lawyers appointed by the court to ensure fairness had argued that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to support the genocide charges. The tribunal released its decision one day before it reconvenes for a procedural hearing. The trial, which has been repeatedly interrupted because of Mr. Milosevic's health since it began in February 2002, has been in recess since February, when the prosecution rested its case. Mr. Milosevic, who is representing himself on 66 charges, is to begin presenting his case on July 5.").

USA Today: Rush To Hand Saddam Over To Iraqis Helps No One (OP-ED).

The Washington Post: Prison Guards Dispirited by Scandal: MPs in Iraq Describe Anger Over Abuse By Predecessors, Senate Backs Order on Prison Criteria ("The Senate voted without dissent yesterday to require the Bush administration to issue guidelines aimed at ensuring humane treatment of prisoners at U.S. military facilities and to report any violations promptly to Congress. But, as it plunged into the controversy over abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and whether interrogation methods were sanctioned by U.S. officials, the Senate balked at a Democratic proposal to bar interrogation by private contractors, who have been accused of involvement in the Abu Ghraib scandal. It also rejected another Democratic proposal to make it a crime, punishable by as many as 20 years in prison and substantial fines, to engage in war profiteering. Instead, the Senate approved a Republican alternative extending two anti-fraud criminal statutes to cover overseas business operations."), Detainee Reportedly Was Lost in System, U.S. Sets Conditions for Detainee Transfer ("The United States will turn over detainees to Iraqi authorities as soon after June 30 as U.S. officials determine that they can be held safely and in compliance with international human rights norms, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Wednesday.).