Standard Operating Procedure: Images from a neo-colonial war

The material amassed in a two-year study, according to Morris, was more than could be contained in one movie and he subsequently co-wrote a book of the same title with the New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch.

The one thing that can be said about Abu Ghraib is it was entirely in violation of the Geneva Conventions, states Morris in the movies production notes. But its not only about torture. Its everything. Extortion, kidnapping. Keeping children in prison. The use of attack dogs. This is America? This is the America that weve grown up to love and defend? And then blaming low-ranked soldiers for all of this ... its the simple idea of little guys getting punished and the big guys who are really responsible walking away. Cover up, misdirection, scapegoating.