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=== Emerging Details ===
'''Full Disclosure'''
*Congressman [[John Conyers, Jr.]], issued a [http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/resofinquirypr62304.pdf statement] calling for full disclosure of documents related to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal at a June 23, 2004, press conference with Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]], Congressman [[Henry A. Waxman]] and others.
:The Congressional group stated that "We've given the President and the Republican Majority every opportunity to participate in what any decent society demands-accountability for inhuman and degrading acts committed in our name. Yesterday's release was selective and only included documents favorable to the White House, it does not include the full set of materials needed to fully assess responsibility for the scandal. For example, we still don't have:
:*reports from the Red Cross and other human rights groups;
:*reports from investigations conducted by the military and Administration;
:*information on the command relationships at prisons and the training of personnel;
:*information about keeping detainees off prison rosters as [[Donald Rumsfeld]] admitted he did;
:*documents about contractors and their role in detaining and interrogating prisoners;
:*documented complaints reportedly filed by contractors and military personnel
:The statement concluded: "The prison scandal is a stain on our nation and an impediment to the prosecution of the war against terror. If this Congress can't find the will to investigate an abuse of this magnitude, it calls into question our entire constitutional system of checks and balances."
'''Pressure from the Top Down'''