A confidential Army report contains graphic details of widespread abuse of detainees in Afghanistan in 2002 by U.S. soldiers. The documents–obtained by The New York Times–show that harsh treatment by some interrogators was routine and that guards could strike shackled detainees with virtual impunity. The Times reports the abuse was carried out to extract information, used as punishment or was driven by “little more than boredom or cruelty.” The report centers on the deaths of two prisoners — one a taxi driver who died at Bagram in December 2002. According to the report, he was chained by his wrists to the top of his cell for several days before he died and his legs had been pummeled by guards. The investigation recommended last year that charges be filed against 27 soldiers in the abuse. So far, only seven have been charged, including four last week. No one has been convicted in either death.