Meanwhile White House aides said Bush privately admonished Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over his handling of the issue. A senior administration official said “The president wasn’t satisfied when he saw those pictures on TV. And he made that clear to Secretary Rumsfeld. They should have been brought to his attention, and he shouldn’t have had to learn of them through the media.” While Bush may not have seen the photos until last week, the White House has confirmed he was first told of the prison problems in January. Rumseld has so far denied that the US tortured any Iraqi prisoners. He told reporters “My impression is that what has been charged thus far is abuse, which I believe technically is different from torture.” Rumsfeld is scheduled to testify on Friday before the Senate Armed Forces Committee. The BBC reports Rumsfeld is under the greatest political pressure of his life. At least one Senator, Democrat Joseph Biden, has suggested Rumsfeld should resign over the scandal. And a Washington Post editorial today condemns Rumsfeld’s rejection of the Geneva Convention and says his policies are jeopardizing the war on terror. The editors of the newspaper write “Rumsfeld’s decisions helped create a lawless regime in which prisoners in both Iraq and Afghanistan have been humiliated, beaten, tortured and murdered — and in which, until recently, no one has been held accountable.”