in 2004 the medium be full of account of the abuse and torture and and even murder of prisoner in the abu ghraib prison by military police . photograph surface depict prisoner naked and wear cloth hood and and be force to masturbate and stand on box for fear of electrocution and and form human pyramid . twelve soldier be convict and and the commanding officer at the prison and brigadier general janis karpinski and be demote to the rank of colonel . errol morris documentary standard operate procedure attempt to examine the atmosphere surround the abuse and the people involve and and whether it be all down to a few bad apple and or if it be reflective of the american military a a whole . morris keep his authorial influence to a minimum and instead allow his subject to speak for themselves . he have interview several of the soldier involve and include lynndie england and who can be see in many of the photograph smiling and pointing and give a thumb up . she and the other soldier interview describe and with remarkable candour and what it be like living in abu ghraib prison and their relationship with each other and the prisoner and and the event and tension surround those incident depict in the photograph . it all paint a picture of the prison a a dark and stifle environment and one just wait to bring out the bad in people . the real centrepiece of the film and though and be the photograph . even four year after they dominate every front page and bulletin and they have lose none of their power to appal and disgust . some and like the picture of a man force to stand and arm outstretched and on a box with a cloth bag on his head and be surreal . others and like a photograph of sabrina harman give a thumb up over a dead prisoner and be simply disturb . and hover above all of this be the oga and or other government agency and an often used euphemism for the cia . it be during the cia lead interrogation that the most heinous of human right infraction be most likely carry out . but there be no photograph of these incident . standard operate procedure raise the point that it be these individual who should have receive the full brunt of the punishment and but it be simpler to lay the blame on low ranking officer like england and harman . it be here that the main point of contention with standard operate procedure arise . it be true that no one above the rank of staff sergeant be convict . and it be true that this should not be the case and that those high ranking officer who let this abuse play out under their nose should be hold accountable . but morris try to divert too much of the blame away from those who be convict . while england and harman and the others be just follow order and living in a deeply affect environment and they be also human being endow with free will . they could have say no at any time and and just walk away . that standard operate procedure raise these argument mean that it be worthy of our time . it present the fact a perceive by those involve and never itself comment or judge . it leave that to u and so that we can make up our own mind . so that perhaps we can learn from the mistake make by others and and prevent them from happen again .