Angry Bush carpets Rumsfeld:

"President George Bush has chastised his Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, over his handling of the scandal of the American abuse of Iraqi prisoners, telling him that he felt blindsided by the scandal, White House officials said...

Despite the behind-the-scenes criticism of Mr Rumsfeld, Mr Bush insisted in his interview with Al-Hurra that the Defence Secretary still had his full support. Mr Rumsfeld had agreed with Mr Bush that the manner in which the information reached the President was not satisfactory, one official said. "