How did the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal become known and what was the immediate result?

PICTURES........ PICTURES........ PICTURES........

Interested in capturing the things he had experienced, First Specialist Joseph Darby asked Sergeant Graner for pictures. Harmless right??? While scanning the CDs he was given (total of 2) Darby realized the disc held pictures of the abuse at Abu Ghraib. He turned the CDs over to CID thinking he would remain anonymous. This was not the case!!!After discovering Darby was still in the location where the MPs were brought for questioning Darby was wrapped in blankets to leave in an attempt to keep his identity secret. - How professional?

 

The internal investigation BEGINS....

    Everyone that had anything to do with Abu Ghraib was ordered to turn it over. This is when many things started to be destroyed. "In spring 2004, The New Yorker and 60 Minutes II broke the story and released the photos." This made worldwide news and the MPs were seeing themselves on the news. On national TV the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, thanks Specialist Darby for releasing the pictures when Darby was still supposed to be anonymous.

 

Upon the investigation, the finger was continuously pointed at "a few bad soldiers" and the government denied the authorization of any such acts. They said the few responsible had "let us down" and the defense department released documents stating they were not aware of what was going on and it was the activities of "the people on the night shift."

James Schlesinger - Former Secretary of Defense: 

"Sadism that was certainly not authorized." "Animal House on the night shift."

There were several problems and holes in the story of "animal house on the night shift." One of the reporters describes the pictures and how they depict practices well known to the interrogators. How do you deny that??? How are the untrained prison guards who were just recently brought to Abu Ghraib to know how to use the specific techniques depicted in pictures?