The "Hard Site" and the Failure of "Intelligence" at Abu Ghraib

6. At Abu Ghraib, a separate location was prepared for the housing of high security prisoners and women and children. These locations were known as the “hard site”. Between six to seven guards were charged with holding security on 1,000 prisoners. It was reported the hard sites contained members of various terrorist organizations to include Al Qaeda, Taliban, and Hussain loyalist. Intelligence officers had been stationed at Abu Ghraib and tasked with the collecting data form the hard sites. These Intel. Officers would find that the quality of information was not worth reporting as seventy five to eighty percent of the hard site detainees did not have any information