U.S. Justice Department Investigating Possible CIA War Crimes In Iraq

Photo: Manadel al-Jamadi

Haunted by Homicide: Federal Grand Jury Investigates War Crimes And Torture In Death Of 'The Iceman' At Abu Ghraib, Plus Other Alleged CIA Abuses -- Time Magazine

Former colleague and TIME contributor Adam Zagorin breaks news here on Battleland with exclusive reporting on the latest federal action over the infamous death of "the Iceman" at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003:

It has been nearly a decade since Manadel al-Jamadi, an Iraqi prisoner known as "the Iceman" — for the bungled attempt to cool his body and make him look less dead — perished in CIA custody at Abu Ghraib. But now there are rumbles in Washington that the notorious case, as well as other alleged CIA abuses, could be returning to haunt the agency. TIME has learned that a prosecutor tasked with probing the CIA — John Durham, a respected, Republican-appointed U.S. Attorney from Connecticut — has begun calling witnesses before a secret federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., looking into, among other things, the lurid Nov. 4, 2003, homicide, which was documented by TIME in 2005.

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More News On A Grand Jury Investigating CIA War Crimes And Torture At Abu Ghraib

Grand Jury Probes CIA in Abu Ghraib's 'Iceman' Killing -- Newser
CIA interrogation death, botched rendition get fresh scrutiny by officials -- Canadian Press/AP
Holder OKs Probe of CIA 'War Crimes' -- FOX News
Torture, botched rendition investigations dog CIA -- Forbes/AP
CIA role suspected in 2003 Iraq prison homicide -- AFP
Report: Grand jury probing possible CIA war crimes in Iraq -- Politico
Investigation Into Alleged Mistreatment Of Detainees At Crucial Point -- NPR

My Comment: I expect indictments to be issued by this summer.