120^th in blog series on the administration push to war. As more information on the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and other U.S. prisons becomes public, the White House becomes more defensive. Its special new ally in the White House press corps continues his effort to defend the administration. The situation in Iraq continues to worsen, predictably, and the administration responds—not by leaving Iraq, now that Saddam is gone and WMD are shown to be nonexistent, but by upping its use of military force. This is the month which should have indicated definitively to American news media ...   more »