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I sent it thru my Representative (MOC) to the PAO. Congress has a military liaison office.

The PAO at that time was a Reservist from my area (a civilian business administrator serving with the rank of LTC) called up for a tour in Iraq. The PAO was interviewed by the US press and was reported to have said [words to the effect] that it was extremely demoralizing, despite everything going on in Iraq, that the vast majority of the PAO's time and thoughts were consumed managing the fallout from the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.

The scandal had resulted from a lack of understanding at many levels. Those handling the prisoners didn't understand the rules of interrogation, those supervising the handlers didn't understand how to differentiate between what the conventional military should do and what should be left to area/cultural specialists (e.g. CIA). Additionally, our civilian government [which provides oversight] didn't understand that some of the techniques which might be used, that we may consider to be abuse at worst, might be considered to be a fate worse than death by the indigenous people.

I turned a negative (the word abuse) into a positive (the acronym ABUSE) which was included in a short message of encouragement. It was friendly PSYOPS intended to provide a morale boost and help redirect that PAO's energies.