Archive for December, 2008
Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib
27Dec08
This post was actually my final exam in my Political Science class last quarter at the University of Washington.
In the case of Abu Ghraib, the existence of asymmetric information led to not only unthinkable treatment of prisoners, but, even more surprising, encouragement of these actions by principles and a breakdown of oversight. There was a [...]
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