The father of Nicholas Berg, the American businessman who was beheaded in Iraq, blamed the Bush administration Thursday for his son’s death. Michael Berg said, “My son died for the sins of George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. This administration did this.” Berg was apparently murdered by Islamic militants in response to the prison abuse scandal in Iraq. A video of the beheading appeared on the internet earlier this week. The Berg family also released the text of an email from the State Department that confirmed their son was detained by the US shortly before he disappeared. The email was from a US consular officer. It read: “I have confirmed that your son, Nick, is being detained by the US military in Mosul. He is safe. He was picked up … one week ago.” The US has denied it ever held Berg and said he was being detained by Iraqi police. Three days after his release from detention he was never seen from again.