BBC: "The US Department of Defense has admitted having contact
with a former US soldier, Jonathan Idema, charged in Afghanistan with
torturing civilians. "One name [Idema] mentioned was Heather
Anderson, the Pentagon's Acting Director of Security, who answers to
the chief official responsible for intelligence matters in the office
of Donald Rumsfeld. Idema said Ms Anderson had applauded their work
in Afghanistan and had wanted them to go on contract." First the
Pentagon said they never had contact with Idema. Now it is admitting
that Anderson did speak with Idema by phone earlier this year but
that they turned him down, despite his repeated calls, faxes, and
emails to Rummy's office. Idema's lawyer pointed out the obvious hole
in this story: If Rummy's office had rebuffed Idema, why did they
keep taking his phone calls?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3601030.stm