Prisoner pictures: Whistleblower 'just doing his job'

The military policeman who blew the whistle on fellow soldiers who were photographed abusing Iraqi detainees has an independent streak and "knew right from wrong", say people who know him.

Spc Joe Darby was commended in a military report for promptly alerting superiors after discovering photographs of fellow 372nd Military Police Company personnel taking part in abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison.