From Boston.com:
WASHINGTON -- The only military officer to face trial for the abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison was acquitted yesterday of all charges of mistreatment of detainees. But after a weeklong trial, a military jury in Fort Meade, Md., found Army Lieutenant Colonel Steven L. Jordan guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss a 2004 investigation into the allegations.
The jury of nine colonels and a one-star general deliberated for nearly seven hours over two days before concluding that Jordan should not be held responsible for failing to train and supervise interrogators and military police at the facility in 2003.
Jurors also determined that Jordan bears no responsibility for alleged abuses that occurred on Nov. 24, 2003, when a group of Iraqi police officers were strip-searched and dogs were used to search for contraband. The jurors apparently agreed with defense arguments that Jordan was not in charge of the effort or the military police soldiers at the prison.
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