Below is an excerpt from the report compiled by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba in January. I think that most, if not all, of this report was released to the press in before March. It was not reported by the majority of the not so "Liberal Media" until there were pictures to prove it.

If you are interested in reading most of the report, it is here


5. (S) That between October and December 2003, at the Abu Ghraib Confinement Facility (BCCF), numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees. This systemic and illegal abuse of detainees was intentionally perpetrated by several members of the military police guard force (372nd Military Police Company, 320thMilitary Police Battalion, 800th MP Brigade), in Tier (section) 1-A of the Abu Ghraib Prison (BCCF). The allegations of abuse were substantiated by detailed witness statements (ANNEX 26) and the discovery of extremely graphic photographic evidence. Due to the extremely sensitive nature of these photographs and videos, the ongoing CID investigation, and the potential for the criminal prosecution of several suspects, the photographic evidence is not included in the body of my investigation. The pictures and videos are available from the Criminal Investigative Command and the CTJF-7 prosecution team. In addition to the aforementioned crimes, there were also abuses committed by members of the 325th MI Battalion, 205th MI Brigade, and Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center (JIDC). Specifically, on 24 November 2003, SPC Luciana Spencer, 205th MI Brigade, sought to degrade a detainee by having him strip and returned to cell naked. (ANNEXES 26 and 53)

6. (S) I find that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police
personnel included the following acts:

a. (S) Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked
feet;

b. (S) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees;

c. (S) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions
for photographing;

d. (S) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for
several days at a time;

e. (S) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women's underwear;

f. (S) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being
photographed and videotaped;

g. (S) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them;

h. (S) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head,
and attaching wires to his fingers, toes, and penis to simulate
electric torture;

i. (S) Writing "I am a Rapest" (sic) on the leg of a detainee alleged to
have forcibly raped a 15-year old fellow detainee, and then
photographing him naked;

j. (S) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee's neck and
having a female Soldier pose for a picture;

k. (S) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee;

l. (S) Using military working dogs (without muzzles) to intimidate and
frighten detainees, and in at least one case biting and severely
injuring a detainee;

m. (S) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees.

(ANNEXES 25 and 26)
7.(U) These findings are amply supported by written confessions provided by
several of the suspects, written statements provided by detainees, and
witness statements. In reaching my findings, I have carefully
considered the pre-existing statements of the following witnesses and
suspects (ANNEX 26):

a. (U) SPC Jeremy Sivits, 372nd MP Company - Suspect

b. (U) SPC Sabrina Harman, 372nd MP Company - Suspect

c. (U) SGT Javal S. Davis, 372nd MP Company - Suspect

c. (U) PFC Lynndie R. England, 372nd MP Company - Suspect

d. (U) Adel Nakhla, Civilian Translator, Titan Corp., Assigned to the 205th

MI Brigade- Suspect
(Names deleted)
8. (U) In addition, several detainees also described the following acts of abuse, which under the circumstances, I find credible based on the clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other witnesses (ANNEX 26):

a. (U) Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoric liquid on
detainees;

b. (U) Threatening detainees with a charged 9mm pistol;

c. (U) Pouring cold water on naked detainees;

d. (U) Beating detainees with a broom handle and a chair;

e. (U) Threatening male detainees with rape;

f. (U) Allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of a detainee who
was injured after being slammed against the wall in his cell;

g. (U) Sodomizing a detainee with a chemical light and perhaps a broom stick.

h. (U) Using military working dogs to frighten and intimidate detainees with
threats of attack, and in one instance actually biting a detainee.

9. (U) I have carefully considered the statements provided by the following
detainees, which under the circumstances I find credible based on the
clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other
witnesses:

a. (U) Amjed Isail Waleed, Detainee # 151365

b. (U) Hiadar Saber Abed Miktub-Aboodi, Detainee # 13077

c. (U) Huessin Mohssein Al-Zayiadi, Detainee # 19446

d. (U) Kasim Mehaddi Hilas, Detainee # 151108

e. (U) Mohanded Juma Juma (sic), Detainee # 152307

f. (U) Mustafa Jassim Mustafa, Detainee # 150542

g. (U) Shalan Said Alsharoni, Detainee, # 150422

h. (U) Abd Alwhab Youss, Detainee # 150425

i. (U) Asad Hamza Hanfosh, Detainee # 152529

j. (U) Nori Samir Gunbar Al-Yasseri, Detainee # 7787

k. (U) Thaar Salman Dawod, Detainee # 150427

l. (U) Ameen Sa'eed Al-Sheikh, Detainee # 151362

m. (U) Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh, Detainee # 18470 (ANNEX 26)

10. (U) I find that contrary to the provision of AR 190-8, and the findings
found in MG Ryder's Report, Military Intelligence (MI) interrogators
and Other US Government Agency's (OGA) interrogators actively
requested that MP guards set physical and mental conditions for
favorable interrogation of witnesses. Contrary to the findings of MG
Ryder's Report, I find that personnel assigned to the 372ndMP Company,
800th MP Brigade were directed to change facility procedures to "set
the conditions" for MI interrogations. I find no direct evidence that
MP personnel actually participated in those MI interrogations.
(ANNEXES 19, 21, 25, and 26).

11. (U) I reach this finding based on the actual proven abuse that I find was
inflicted on detainees and by the following witness statements.
(ANNEXES 25 and 26):

a. (U) SPC Sabrina Harman, 372nd MP Company, stated in her sworn
statement regarding the incident where a detainee was placed on a box
with wires attached to his fingers, toes, and penis, "that her job was
to keep detainees awake." She stated that MI was talking to CPL
Grainer. She stated: "MI wanted to get them to talk. It is Grainer
and Frederick's job to do things for MI and OGA to get these people to
talk."

b. (U) SGT Javal S. Davis, 372nd MP Company, stated in his sworn
statement as follows: "I witnessed prisoners in the MI hold section,
wing 1A being made to do various things that I would question morally.
In Wing 1A we were told that they had different rules and different
SOP for treatment. I never saw a set of rules or SOP for that section
just word of mouth. The Soldier in charge of 1A was Corporal Granier.
He stated that the Agents and MI Soldiers would ask him to do things,
but nothing was ever in writing he would complain (sic)." When asked
why the rules in 1A/1B were different than the rest of the wings, SGT
Davis stated: "The rest of the wings are regular prisoners and 1A/B
are Military Intelligence (MI) holds." When asked why he did not
inform his chain of command about this abuse, SGT Davis stated: "
Because I assumed that if they were doing things out of the ordinary
or outside the guidelines, someone would have said something. Also
the wing belongs to MI and it appeared MI personnel approved of the
abuse." SGT Davis also stated that he had heard MI insinuate to the
guards to abuse the inmates. When asked what MI said he stated:
"Loosen this guy up for us." Make sure he has abad night." "Make
sure he gets the treatment." He claimed these comments were made to
CPL Granier and SSG Frederick. Finally, SGT Davis stated that (sic):
"the MI staffs to my understanding have been giving Granier
compliments on the way he has been handling the MI holds. Example
being statements like, "Good job, they're breaking down real fast.
They answer every question. They're giving out good information,
Finally, and Keep up the good work . Stuff like that."