Court Martial in Baghdad: Duty or Disgrace

Events

U.S. troops surround an Iraqi detainee in this photo obtained by The New Yorker said to be taken in December 2003 at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison.

Soldier gets maximum sentence

Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits was jailed for one year after pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of abuse in the first court-martial stemming from mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. Full story

The New Yorker via AP

Q&A with Gulf War captive Jeffrey Zaun

Alex Johnson: Famous U.S. courts-martial

Pete Williams: The court-martial system

Michael Moran: For once, it flows uphill

Powell sees damage to America

COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS

Newsweek: The roots of torture

Tom Curry: U.S. high court watching closely

Tom Curry: Scandal's Senate fallout

Dan Abrams: Flawed logic on abuse photos

Scarborough: The lesson of Nick Berg

Michael Moran: Rummy’s not going anywhere … yet

Hardball: One-on-one with Donald Rumsfeld

INTERACTIVE POLL

Nightly News

What constitutes torture?

Where is the line drawn between interrogation and torture? MSNBC wants to know what you think. Click to participate in an MSNBC vote. 'Deborah Norville Tonight' presents a special hour on the psychology of torture, Wednesday, 9 p.m. ET.

MSNBC'S WALL-TO-WALL COVERAGE

MSNBC TV	VIDEO: MSNBC's Sam Shane interviews My Lai prosecutor William Eckhardt
MSNBC TV	VIDEO: Lester Holt interviews Hugh Thompson, a Vietnam helicopter pilot who intervened to save My Lai villagers.
MSNBC TV	VIDEO: NBC's Natalie Morales reports from Hyndman, Pa., on the hometown reaction to Wednesday's court-martial of Army Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits.
MSNBC TV	VIDEO: James Villa, former commander of the 372nd Military Police Company, talks to Deborah Norville about his reaction to the scandal that has engulfed his old unit.
MSNBC TV	VIDEO: Lester Holt talks to former congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on how the scandal has distracted from the real mission in Iraq.

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