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Members of Congress are shown more photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse. Lawmakers describe images that are more graphic and sexually explicit than those that have been published so far. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Mailing abortion pills could be illegal by Monday. We hear from Dr. Angel Foster, in Massachusetts, who prescribes to women across the country who need to manage abortions and miscarriages.

The U.S. Army report on the abuse of prisoners in Iraq is not the first document to record mistreatment. The Red Cross and Amnesty International had warned about prison conditions for months. NPR's Jacki Northam reports.

Most of the focus over what happened at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison is on the U.S. military. CIA interrogators were also present, and their role in the abuse is under investigation. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

The U.S. Army general who wrote the report on prisoner mistreatment in Iraq says the abuse resulted from leadership failures, a "lack of discipline, no training whatsoever and no supervision." Taguba is testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's David Welna.

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba blames a "failure in leadership" and "lack of discipline" for abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Taguba, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he found no evidence that the abuses were part of an official U.S. policy. Hear NPR's David Welna, NPR's Michele Norris and Sen. Evan Bayh.

With videos and more photos expected to emerge of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, the scandal "could get worse before it gets better," Secretary of State Colin Powell says. Hear NPR's Juan Williams' extended interview with Powell.

The U.S. military says only a small number of guards should be blamed for the abuse of prisoners in Iraq. But investigative journalist Seymour Hersh says some of their commanders can share the blame. Hersh investigated the chain of command, and published his findings in Monday's New Yorker magazine. Hear Hersh and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The commander of U.S. detention facilities in Iraq vows to address cases of abuse against Iraqi prisoners. But Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller says there are no plans to shut down Abu Ghraib prison, site of reported abuses. Meanwhile, Army Pfc. Lynddie England became the seventh soldier to face criminal charges in the abuse scandal.

NPR's Art Silverman gets reaction to photos of grinning reservists abusing Iraqi prisoners from residents of Cumberland, Md. Six soldiers from the 99th Regional Readiness Command 372nd Military Police Company (Combat Support), based in Cumberland, were charged in March with physical and sexual abuse of 20 prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Three of those charged are local residents -- and people who know the three say the charges are out of character.

Reports of detainee abuses in Iraq have focused on Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad. But now, a Canadian civilian has filed a lawsuit claiming he was tortured by U.S. troops at the Camp Bucca detention center in southern Iraq, and witnessed the abuse of other prisoners. Camp Bucca officials deny abuses ever took place. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

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