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| Military Policemen Give Additional Details About Development of Scandal |
| 2004-05-22 |
| Spec. Joseph M. Darby told investigators that he returned to Abu Ghraib from leave in November and heard about a shooting at the prison’s "hard site," which contains Tier 1A. He said that he asked the MP in charge of the tier’s night shift, Spec. Charles A. Graner Jr., if he had any photographs of the cell where the shooting took place. Darby said Graner handed him two CDs of photographs. "I thought the discs just had pictures of Iraq, the cell where the shooting occurred," Darby told investigators. Instead, Darby viewed hundreds of photographs showing naked detainees being abused by U.S. soldiers. .... [Sgt. Javal S.] Davis said that civilian and military intelligence personnel frequently visited Tier 1A and took detainees to a wood hut outside for interrogations. .... There were different rules and procedures on Tier 1A, he said. ... He said he was asked by [Spec. Charles A.] Graner to help prepare the detainees for interrogation. MPs or their attorneys have said that Graner served as the liaison on the cellblock between the MPs and the intelligence officers, who had taken control of Tier 1A by the fall of 2003. Davis said Graner told him "the agents and MI soldiers would ask him to do things, but nothing was ever in writing, he would complain." Special visitors frequented the wing at night, Davis said. They included representatives from the military’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and other government agencies (OGA), a common expression for the CIA. "On the night shift, FBI, OGA, CID, MI would be in and out of the wing interrogating prisoners, bringing them in, or taking them away to the wood hut behind the hard site or away period," Davis said. "Someone was always there from the other agencies or military personnel, it seemed. .... the wing belongs to MI and it appeared MI personnel approved of the abuse. .... The MI staffs, to my understanding, have been giving Graner compliments on the way he has been handling the MI holds. ...." Davis said the intelligence officers told Graner and [Staff Sgt. Ivan L. "Chip"] Frederick: "Loosen this guy up for us. Make sure he has a bad night. Make sure he gets the treatment." "What is the name of the MI staff member who made the previously stated comments?" investigators asked. "I don’t know the name because they often don’t wear uniforms, and if they do they don’t have name tapes," Davis said. ..... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #8 Memo to self: get it in writing. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-05-22 2:52:45 PM |
| #7 You might be more right about that, Robert, than I have been. We'll see. I have been watching the Senate hearings, on C-span, of the military commanders and theater JAG. I was very positively impressed by all the participants. I feel confident that the truth will be established and that there will be no whitewash of the interrogators, if they were culpable. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-22 2:20:45 PM |
| #6 Mike, you really should start cross referencing news coverage of this story to the Taguba report. Darby was the whistleblower; he handed the CDs full of photos over to the MPs. Davis, on the other hand, is facing charges. Like all the other defendants except Sivits, he's playing the Nuremberg defense. The claims he makes to the press are suspect at best. I'm not saying the MI staff wasn't involved; I just think you're reading way too much into the flailing of a man caught red-handed. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-22 1:03:12 PM |
| #5 This should be in the Iraq section. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-22 10:33:46 AM |
| #4 Read the boldface and look for a pattern. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-22 10:31:41 AM |
| #3 Don't ask about the boldface. |
| Posted by: Col Flagg 2004-05-22 10:17:00 AM |
| #2 "I don’t know the name because they often don’t wear uniforms, and if they do they don’t have name tapes," Davis said. .. Hint: 1) Not wearing uniforms is your first clue you probably shouldn't be following their orders. 2) You proably shouldn't be following directives of people not in your chain of command. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-05-22 10:06:48 AM |
| #1 And the point of all the boldface is, what, exactly? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-22 9:58:22 AM |