The pentagon
exonerates itself.
The U.S. military failed to react to early signs of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and missed opportunities to correct lapses that caused prisoner abuse elsewhere but its own policies and top officials were not directly to blame, a Pentagon report said on Thursday.
In related news:
Michael Jackson declared himself "not guilty" today and walked out of the California court room.
"I am disappointed that the prosecutors have decided to intrude on my private life," he said. "Because of this attention paid to me, I find it no longer possible to molest children in public."
Leaving the courtroom in a Magic Mushroom chariot, pulled by the aging rock group Menudo, Jackson donned a sequined hazmat suit and threw free babies to a crowd of well-wishers.