prisoner abuse scandal
Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, a top US commander who supervised the detention and interrogation of detainees at Guantanomo Bay and Abu Ghraib facilities declined to testify in a court-martial proceeding, by invoking his right to not implicate himself, the "Washington Post" reports. This is believed to be the first time that the role of senior officers in the 
 has formally surfaced. 
US General invokes right against self-incrimination in Abu Ghraib case