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Senator, Pentagon spar over 'Able Danger'
By wire services
Published September 24, 2005
WASHINGTON - A Senate committee said Friday that the Pentagon has dropped its refusal to let five people with knowledge of the classified intelligence program "Able Danger' testify about it publicly, but a Pentagon spokesman said it remained opposed to such testimony in an open hearing.
In a news release, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the five will testify at an open hearing Oct. 5.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said, "Our position with respect to this has not changed. Our concerns have not changed."
Psychologist: England suffered from depression
FORT HOOD, Texas - A psychologist testified Friday that Pvt. Lynndie England suffered from depression and that her mental condition made her an unwilling participant in abuse of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison.
Xavier Amador, a clinical psychologist from New York, said England's soldier boyfriend, Charles Graner, was her "social accomplice" whom she relied upon to guide her behavior.
England, 22, is charged with seven counts of conspiracy and abuse that carry a maximum sentence of 11 years.
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