Former Newsweek editor Steven Strasser has combed through the extensive investigative documents available and extracted the most revelatory information about the abuses‎,‎the real extent of the crimes‎,‎ the fundamental flaws in the military‎'‎s detention and interrogation techniques‎,‎ the egregious failures in command and leadership‎,‎ and the consequences for the future of the U‎.‎S‎.‎ military and the war in Iraq‎.‎ In his lead essay‎,‎ Craig R‎.‎ Whitney of the New York Times places the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal into an historical context‎,‎ explaining how the crimes could have happened‎,‎ and exploring why they have rattled our nation so deeply‎.‎