What he did then: Commander, V Corps, U.S. Army (Germany), and Combined Joint Task Force 7

What he does now: Commander, V Corps, U.S. Army (Germany)

Reported involvement: As the ground commander in Iraq, Sanchez was responsible for fighting the war there. He and his staff pushed the military police and military intelligence commanders under them to produce more intelligence from detainees in order to better fight the insurgency. According to the Fay-Jones report, Sanchez played a key role in the development of interrogation policy in Iraq, authorizing certain practices and then rescinding or changing his guidance. Sanchez also directly supervised Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski and the 800th MP Brigade.

Punishment: Before Abu Ghraib, it was widely believed that Sanchez would receive his fourth star and be tapped to take over Southern Command, the equivalent of CENTCOM in Latin America. Neither the promotion nor assignment has come to pass, possibly because both would require Senate approval. However, most observers think Sanchez lost these opportunities because of his failure to stamp out the insurgency in Iraq rather than because Abu Ghraib happened on his watch.

Photograph of Ricardo Sanchez by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP.