When in doubt, blame the intelligence.

Iraq Prison Probe Faults Intelligence Unit:

The new report identifies 27 people attached to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, which oversaw interrogations at Abu Ghraib, who are accused of complicity in the abuses. Of those, 23 are soldiers and four were civilian contractors working for the unit.

The investigation report says the violent and sexual abuses — particularly those captured in the now-famous pictures of naked and frightened prisoners — were mostly the work of a group of guards and military intelligence personnel who were not conducting interrogations but instead amusing themselves.

September 11 2001 terrorist attack in the US? CIA was at fault for not reading the signs. Abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib? Military intelligence was at fault for not training and managing those on-site. There’s either something seriously wrong with the intelligence services of the United States or they are the best donkey to pin the blame on when things fuck up.

What was the US government thinking, hiring civilian contractors and assigning soldiers with sadistic streaks to guard and interrogate prisoners?

… oh.