Critics Call for Rumsfeld to Resign over Abuse

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Published August 26, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Two new reports extend blame for abuses at Abu Ghraib to the Pentagon's top leaders. But neither calls for the punishment of anyone more senior than brigade commanders at the prison -- infuriating critics who say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

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