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To: Sam who wrote (130902)	5/1/2004 8:16:58 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Respond to of 281500

Sam, This is a link to 60 minutes. I've excerpted the last two paragraphs where 60 minutes say they were pressured to not report the story. Their word is "appeal", but when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff calls in person, I think it is a bit more than "appeal". Anyway, it looks like the whole thing will be whitewashed. The excuse will be the guards didn't have sufficient training. I guess human decency is not an innate trait. cbsnews.com Two weeks ago, 60 Minutes II received an appeal from the Defense Department, and eventually from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, to delay this broadcast -- given the danger and tension on the ground in Iraq. 60 Minutes II decided to honor that request, while pressing for the Defense Department to add its perspective to the incidents at Abu Ghraib prison. This week, with the photos beginning to circulate elsewhere, and with other journalists about to publish their versions of the story, the Defense Department agreed to cooperate in our report.