Rumsfeld and Tenet Created a "Ghost" Detainee, Then Forgot About Him

The New York Times says Rumsfeld Issued an Order to Hide Detainee in Iraq:

"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, acting at the request of George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, ordered military officials in Iraq last November to hold a man suspected of being a senior Iraqi terrorist at a high-level detention center there but not list him on the prison's rolls, senior Pentagon and intelligence officials said Wednesday.

This prisoner and other 'ghost detainees' were hidden largely to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from monitoring their treatment, and to avoid disclosing their location to an enemy, officials said.

Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, the Army officer who in February investigated abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison, criticized the practice of allowing ghost detainees there and at other detention centers as 'deceptive, contrary to Army doctrine, and in violation of international law.'"

But then - after questioning him only ONCE! - Rumsfeld and Tenet forgot about the detainee, who was outside the legal system and totally forgotten till prison staff, who kept asking what to do with him, were themsleves noticed.

As the NYT explains, "Mr. Tenet made his request to Mr. Rumsfeld - that the suspect be held but not listed - in October. The request was passed down the chain of command: to Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, then to Gen. John P. Abizaid, the commander of American forces in the Middle East, and finally to Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the ground commander in Iraq. At each stage, lawyers reviewed the request and their bosses approved it."

HOW MUCH WORSE DOES THIS CRAP HAVE TO GET BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS SACKED????????!