Panetta described cases in which he gave such permission, while seeking to "balance duty to country and respect for life".
Several of them described cases in which unidentified senior managers of the F.B.I. had been spared punishment.
Many reports have described cases in which patients became depressed or suicidal while taking Accutane, felt better when they stopped taking the drug, and then resumed treatment later, only to see their problems return.
"We were real short-handed," said Sergeant Shaffer, the metal worker from Pennsylvania, who described cases in which no more than six guards on a single shift would be in charge of 700 Iraqi prisoners.
O Estado de Sao Paulo, a newspaper, recently described cases in which people who won legal settlements against the city have been waiting to receive their money for years.
William James described "cases" of all kinds, women and men whom he'd met or corresponded with, people suffering from melancholia, from nervous maladies, from digestive complaints, people who had yearned for suicide, who'd heard voices and changed their lives overnight.
They described cases including asylum seekers who were seriously ill, some who were shackled, a woman who was hooded, and another who was in a wheelchair, handcuffed and sedated.
Wednesday's article described cases in several other states where patients were overradiated because medical teams made mistakes or failed to detect errors.
Simon Hornby, president of art services for Crozier Fine Arts described cases in which aquariums collapsed and bathtubs overflowed, causing harm.
Robert Barham, the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, described "cases of mail from every state and a host of foreign countries".
Honduran officials also described cases in which the rules of engagement for the D.E.A. and the police were vague and ad hoc.
