10. The reported abuses at Abu Ghraib occurred after Specialist
Joseph M. Darby came across photos on a CD, given to him by Specialist Charles
A. Graner, which contained the torturing of detainees. Darby contacted the Army’s
Criminal Investigation Division and recounted the event. Darby turned over the
disk and provided CID an official statement which prompted CID would initiate an
internal investigation into the reposted abuses by the soldiers of the 372nd
Military Police charged with the security of the detainees at Abu Ghraib. The
theory of “”Animal House on the Night Shift” suggest that the abuse scandal
that occurred at Abu Ghraib was the act of individuals unconsciously preforming
spontaneous sadistic activities. In reality the activities that occurred were
well planned, organized and known techniques used for torturing prisoners.
Analysts of the photos and videos, obtained during the investigation, point out
that for military personnel, that had no prior training in interrogation
techniques, would not have been able to spontaneously come with and execute
known torture techniques developed in other countries. An illustration of the
photo released to the public of an Iraqi man standing on a box, head covered,
and electrical wires strapped to his appendages is known as the Vietnam and was
developed in Brazil. Analyst regarded the Animal House theory as highly
unlikely but rather a well-coordinated effort to provided low ranking military
personnel with onsite instruction of systematic techniques, used repeatedly,
and authorized by higher levels of administration. All of the soldiers,
implicated with the abuses at Abu Ghraib, provided statements that support the
analytical interpretation of the photos.
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