JAG CENTRAL

From the NY Times, Army, in Manual, Limiting Tactics in Interrogation ("The Army is preparing to issue a new interrogations manual that expressly bars the harsh techniques disclosed in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, and incorporates safeguards devised to prevent such misconduct at military prison camps in the future, Army officials said Wednesday. The new manual, the first revision in 13 years, will specifically prohibit practices like stripping prisoners, keeping them in stressful positions for a long time, imposing dietary restrictions, employing police dogs to intimidate prisoners and using sleep deprivation as a tool to get them to talk, the officials said."); Prosecution Hits Snags at Hearing on Iraq Killings (another version of Wednesday's sudden halt of 2LT Pantano's Article 32 Hearing).