Exclusive: New CIA docs reveal how agency personnel tried to cover up a deadly interrogation
CIA Inspector General found the "position" a suspected Iraqi insurgent was placed in contributed to his November 2003 death in Abu Ghraib prison.
The CIA has released some revealing new pages from its internal investigation into the death of the Ice Man, Manadel al-Jamadi. I’ve posted the entire document, which is linked below. If you believe, as I do, that this line of inquiry is worth pursuing and would like to see more, please consider a paid subscription.
Even if you’ve never heard the name Manadel al-Jamadi before, there’s a good chance you’ve seen his beaten and bloodied face. It was one of the indelible images of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Bags of ice covered his naked corpse. A trickle of blood oozed from an open wound on his temple. Two Army reservists with lighthearted grins took turns leering over his corpse, flashing a thumbs up with green latex gloves
Why does this long-ago death in a war that most Americans would prefer to forget still matter? It matters to the Navy SEALs who captured Jamadi. They were the only ones to face charges in a homicide they did not commit, and their lives and careers were never the sa…