Index: Internal "investigations", cover-ups and accountability issues

A consistent pattern of cover-up emerges from careful reading of some cases, undercutting the naive claim that the military and government can be trusted to its own self-regulation. It is often found that a sincere investigation is not undertaken until someone leaks the details to the media, and even then accountability stops at the lower levels and sentences are light.

• 09-2005: US soldiers trade photographs of Iraqi dead for pornography, no charges
• 05-2005: US captain stands by and watches Iraqi commandos beat a detainee
• 04-2005: Karpinski gets reprimand 04-2005: 18 released from GTMO told to stay quiet about abuse in front of reporters
• 04-2005: Passaro case: subpoenas
• 03-2005: Pentagon censors embarrassing information: that torture ineffectual
• 03-2005: Pentagon clears itself of responsibility for abuse
• 03-2005: Rape investigation
• 03-2004: Afghan village abuses
• 01-2004: US Army inquiry into conditions at Abu Ghraib launched
• 01-2004: Incident: Reuters staff detained, abused
• 12-2003: Memo: Memorandum for Record (Jassim case)
• 12-2003: Memo: Report of Proceedings (Jassim case)
• 12-2003: Incident: Abdul Kareem
• 11-2003: Incident: Death in custody, Mowhoush
• 09-2003: Memo (Ricardo Sanchez): Interrogation techniques, Sanchez later lies about them
• 09-2003: Memo: Commander's report of Commander's Inquiry