According to
Yahoo/Reuters the Pentagon's has ordered an investigation of potential prisoner abuses at Guantanamo.
The Marine's sworn statement was released by lawyers for detainees last week. The inspector general's office, which serves as the Pentagon's internal watchdog agency, received the Marine's affidavit and letter by e-mail on Tuesday, the spokesman said.
The case was referred to Miami-based U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for the prison at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. No deadline has been set for the investigation's conclusion, the spokesman said.
Sorry for the short diary, but it seems important IMHO. It is a short article to begin with.
Update(s) below.
Sorry, can't make the links below work right :-(
*UPDATE 10/13/2006 16:13 EST*
Thanks to comments by [http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:74534 OneCrankyDom] and [http://www.dailykos.com/user/uid:43320 Jersey Joe] heres a [http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/13/gitmo-abuse/ link to the video and transcript].