Military Lawyers Fought Policy On Interrogations

"We did express opposition," said Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Romig, the Army's top lawyer. "It was accepted in some cases, maybe not in all cases. It did modify the proposed list of policies and procedures." Sen. Lindsay O. Graham (R-S.C.), who chaired the Armed Services subcommittee hearing yesterday, said he was concerned that the JAG objections may have fallen on deaf ears, and that the policy that emerged may have opened the door to abuses at U.S. detention facilities around the world. "If they had listened to you from the outset, we wouldn't have a lot of the problems we've dealt with" over the past two years, Graham said. Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/14/AR2005071402187_pf.html [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on July 17, 2005]

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