Accused contractor at Abu Ghraib says he told guards what to do

[Judi Lynn]

Accused contractor at Abu Ghraib says he told guards what to do
Last Update: 6/14/2004 8:31:30 PM


WASHINGTON (AP) - In testimony that conflicts with some generals' accounts, a private interrogator accused of abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison told investigators that he and military intelligence operatives directed prison guards to keep Iraqi prisoners awake for as much as 20 hours a day.

Steven A. Stefanowicz also said he may have heard, but did not see, some military police physically abusing a prisoner. Otherwise, he said, he did not see any abuses inside Abu Ghraib like those documented in photos that became public this spring.

Stefanowicz, whose own veracity has been questioned in the official prison investigation, told Army investigators in a sworn statement that Col. Thomas Pappas, the military intelligence chief at Abu Ghraib, personally approved of the sleep deprivation tactics.

Prison guards were given copies of written interrogation plans for each inmate, which were prepared by three-person teams comprised of contractors or military intelligence soldiers, Stefanowicz said in the sworn statement obtained by The Associated Press.
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http://www.wtev.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=4191F986-B822-456C-A8E8-33E7A81A915A

[izzie]

1. We know this started at the top in WH and DOD.

When they said you could make up the rules than it all started.The lower ranks would never have just thought this up and every one knows this. They knew they could get away with it. Also I do not believe many would have know just what would be classed as pretty bad to some one in Iraq. Like dogs, nude etc.

[hedda_foil]

2. Sounds like there are WRITTEN instructions for specfic tortures.

Prison guards were given copies of written interrogation plans for each inmate, which were prepared by three-person teams comprised of contractors or military intelligence soldiers, Stefanowicz said in the sworn statement obtained by The Associated Press.

For EACH inmate!