Colonel Thomas Pappas. Why have the news media not told you about this guy? They have told us a lot about General Janis Karpinski, the commander of the military police who operated the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq where the prisoners were abused. But good old boy Pappas seems to be below the radar. He commanded the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade - the folks who did all the interrogating - and the folks who apparently encouraged the abuse by the untrained MPs.

Pappas is included in the Taguba Report - the Army's own investigation of the abuses. You can look at photos at the 205th's website - but they forgot to post abuse photos. Pappas is a cigar-chomping commander. This was the group that the MPs were ordered to cooperate with. This was the group that ran the interrogation area. Strange silence about this guy and his brigade. Why? Only vague references to an interrogation outfit. Hell, we know who they are.

Let the investigation continue. Let the reporting be comprehensive.