Abu Ghraib cause and effect   (quote)

The former senior intelligence official blamed hubris for the Abu Ghraib disaster. "There's nothing more exhilarating for a pissant Pentagon civilian than dealing with an important national security issue without dealing with military planners, who are always worried about risk," he told me. "What could be more boring than needing the coöperation of logistical planners?" The only difficulty, the former official added, is that, "as soon as you enlarge the secret program beyond the oversight capability of experienced people [and put it in the hands of a pissant like Cambone], you lose control. We've never had a case where a special-access program went sour—and this goes back to the Cold War."
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"If you even give a hint that you’re aware of a black program that you're not read into, you lose your clearances," the former official said. "Nobody will talk. So the only people left to prosecute are those who are undefended—the poor kids at the end of the food chain."

 -Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker