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In Monday's edition of the Washington Post, a former Army prison guard at Abu
Ghraib said that top military officials were to blame for the abuse that
happened there. That former guard, Megan Graner (formerly Megan Ambuhl), was
"one of the original seven military police soldiers singled out by the Pentagon
for their roles in abusive techniques," the Post reported.
Tonight on Hardball, Chris will have an exclusive interview with Graner (her
first on national TV), who married one of her former colleagues after leaving
the Army. Her husband is now jailed as "the man the military has labeled the
ringleader of the abusers," according to the Post's report. Graner is trying to
get him out of jail. Here's the article in case you missed it:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200928.html.
Chris will also have a statement from the Army reacting to Graner's claims.
Here's a transcript of a Washington Post online chat Graner did on Monday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/01/23/DI2006012300493.html.
MSNBC military analyst Col. Ken Allard (Ret.) will share his thoughts with
Chris about whether senior military officials should take responsibility for
the prison abuse.
Louisiana's senators, Democrat Mary Landrieu and Republican David Vitter, also
will join Chris to talk about the brewing battle between Congress and the White
House over an investigation into the government's response to Hurricane Katrina
and the ongoing argument about how best to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Hardball's
David Shuster will take a look at why the Bush Administration is declining to
have senior officials testify or to turn over relevant documents for the
Katrina inquiry.
Plus, Anne Kornblut of the New York Times and Dana Milbank of the Washington
Post will discuss the continuing fallout of the Abramoff indictment, Sen.
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)'s latest presidential poll performance, former New York
City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's southern stop today, and much more!
By the way, cast your vote in Hardball's online poll for what you think the
president should focus on in Tuesday's State of the Union address:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10992973/.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP hears Sec. Rumsfeld refute claims that U.S. forces are stretched thin
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11023499/
--AP counts Judge Alito's votes in the Senate
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10993560/
--NBC reports on the White House's sense of spying semantics
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11018747/
--Hardblogger All-Star Craig Crawford propounds points on pro-life and
pro-choice proponents http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10284912/#060125a
--Newsweek's George Will judges the Roberts court's first decision
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10964625/site/newsweek/
--NBC's First Read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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