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Torture at Abu Ghraib

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photoThe shocking photos of American soldiers engaged in the humiliation and abuse of prisoners at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad raises questions of where orders to "soften" prisoners for interrogation came from.

Click the "Listen" link to hear who is in charge of Abu Ghraib prison now and what is being done to make sure that Americans are not torturing POWs.

Guests:

Seymour Hersh, investigative reporter and writer for the New Yorker Magazine

Gary Myers, attorney for Staff Sgt. Ivan Fredrick, an enlisted man charged in the case

Robert Baer, former CIA Middle East bureau Chief and author of "See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism"

Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration (1981-1985), Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.

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