Judge rejects plea for Rumsfeld evidence
The US military judge hearing charges of prisoner abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison today rejected a defence request for Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to submit to an interview, but said he would reconsider if the defence could show a Rumsfeld link to the case.
Judge Colonel James Pohl also suggested he would compel top military intelligence commanders to testify unless prosecutors move forward with criminal charges against them by September 17.
