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| Md. contractor plans Iraq prison probe |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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Defense contractor CACI International said last Monday it plans to investigate reports of misconduct by its employees at the Iraqi prison where inmates were allegedly abused. The company said it has no information its employees acted improperly. But it said it will hire outside attorneys to look into media reports that one employee, hired as an interrogator, helped facilitate the physical and sexual abuse documented against detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison. Photos made public last week showing U.S. soldiers humiliating and abusing Iraqi prisoners at the U.S. Army-run prison have prompted international outrage. An Army report provided to The New Yorker magazine identifies two CACI employees, along with several military intelligence officers, as being "either directly or indirectly responsible for the abuse at Abu Ghraib." The report recommends firing one and disciplining another. Six enlisted soldiers with an Army Reserve unit of military police near Cumberland, Md., have been charged in the case. Some of the soldiers' lawyers have said their clients were acting on the direction of military intelligence personnel who wanted to "soften up" the prisoners for interrogators. Last Monday, the contractor issued a statement saying it has never seen the report cited in The New Yorker article. CACI President and chief executive J.P. "Jack" London said in a telephone interview one of the two employees cited in the report has no connection to CACI. London declined to discuss specific names, citing security concerns. If CACI personnel participated in the type of conduct documented in the photographs, "We would not tolerate it for an instant," London said. "But we have absolutely no information on any improper activity" by CACI personnel. Perri Dorset, a spokeswoman for the magazine, said fact checkers confirmed with the Army that the two employees named were CACI employees. |
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