A 15-month investigation and documentary film by the Guardian and BBC Arabic has revealed how US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos who ran a network of torture centers in Iraq. Steele and another special forces veteran retired Colonel James Coffman reported directly to General David Petraeus. Petraeus as listeners may know was tasked with organizing Iraqi security services.Bradley Manning Plea Update: Freedom of the Press Foundation and Bradley Manning Audio. Michael Ratner On The Bill Keller's Bradley Manning/Wikileaks NYT Op Ed