A military judge on Tuesday threw out a statement that was supporting one of the counts against the only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal.
Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan was not properly advised of his rights by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba during Taguba’s investigation of prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in February 2004, the judge, Col. Stephen R. Henley, found during a three-hour pretrial hearing....
