It's called command influence...and it's impermissible

Remarks by Bush, Rumsfeld may have jeopardized fair trial for troops

Commanders prejudged Abu Ghraib abuse cases

By Gail Gibson - Baltimore Sun National Staff

"Usually, command influence is a rather subtle affair," said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University who has represented defendants in military court. "This is screaming it from a mountaintop."