Abu Ghraib officer fights reprimand. A senior staffer to a Republican congressman revealed Thursday that he has been formally reprimanded by the Army for his role in the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse scandal — and that he is fighting the disciplinary move. He says that higher-ups were responsible for the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

Higher-ups, maybe, like the notorious Major Gen. Geoffrey Miller? He’s the man who’s letting the rank-and-file take the heat for what happened while he takes the military equivalent of the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination in what little investigation is still happening into America’s shameful actions?

So let’s sum up: Low-ranking folks go on trial, then to jail. The well-connected captain (aide to Republican representative) gets a reprimand. The general, standing up only for himself, heads toward a lucrative retirement unless the Army summons up the integrity to delay it.