Rowan Tree and Red Thread

I've just been listening to this podcast, at the IT Conversations site, in which Moira Gunn interviews Steven Miles, a Minnesota MD who has investigated military prison abuses in Afganistan and Iraq. It's a powerful piece, upsetting but very revealing, and one that drives home the compromises and shortcuts the US government and military have taken, abandoning norms of ethical behviour and tradition that have served so well in the past. Perhaps the most upsetting thing is the number of medical professionals who have worked with the military in attempted cover-ups of and complicity with these acts. I'm grateful to Dr Miles for bringing some of the truth to light.