Friday, October 15, 2004
Nip This One in the Bud
(via WaPo)
Hit the search box or google for "Barbara Fast" and you'll see why. An officer is responsible for everything done by soldiers under his or her command. Let Gen. Fast be assigned to the naval defense of Wyoming or something similar.
I'm not saying they should all have bells tied around their necks and be cast forth to wander in the desert, but command of Fort Huachuca? No. A thousand times no. No way in hell.
No, actually, she's not. Let's just make it a general rule (sorry) that anybody above the rank of sergeant who did time at, or had responsibility over, Abu Ghraib is not to be put in charge of anything, much less training of new intelligence officers.
The Army's intelligence chief said yesterday that he has "great confidence" in the ability of Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, the highest-ranking intelligence officer tied to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, to lead the Army's intelligence school.
Hit the search box or google for "Barbara Fast" and you'll see why. An officer is responsible for everything done by soldiers under his or her command. Let Gen. Fast be assigned to the naval defense of Wyoming or something similar.
I'm not saying they should all have bells tied around their necks and be cast forth to wander in the desert, but command of Fort Huachuca? No. A thousand times no. No way in hell.
