Meanwhile the Army’s intelligence chief is publicly supporting allowing Major General Barbara Fast to head the Army’s intelligence school even though the two star general was the highest-ranking intelligence officer tied to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. At the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Gen. Fast would be in charge of overseeing how the military teaches interrogation methods and the rules of proper prisoner treatment.

In addition the Los Angeles Times is reporting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wants to promote General Ricardo Sanchez to be a four-star general even though Sanchez was the top commander in Iraq who was in charge while troops tortured Iraqis at Abu Ghraib. Sources tell the Times that Rumsfeld will wait until after the November 2 election to put forward the promotion for political reasons.