I always tell people Abu Ghraib was Apocalypse Now meets The Shining

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=robotripping_at_abu_ghraib

but, remember, it's not what we do, it's the freedoms that we enjoy

that's why they need to be taken away

update 1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/16/AR2007061601074.html?nav=rss_world

update 2 http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/tortures_cheerl.html

update 3 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/25/070625fa_fact_hersh