Bremer knew of prisoner abuse:

"Former Iraqi human rights minister Abdel Basset Turki said on Monday that United States overseer Paul Bremer knew in November about Iraqi prisoners being abused in US detention centres.

'In November I talked to Mr Bremer about human rights violations in general and in jails in particular. He listened but there was no answer. At the first meeting, I asked to be allowed to visit the security prisoners, but I failed,' Mr Turki told AFP. 'I told him the news. He didn't take care about the information I gave him.' "