The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever.

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We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance...

We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance...

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home...

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home...

If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take...

If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take...

Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop...

Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop...

If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance...

If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance...

It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and...

It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and...

They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all...

They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all...

At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us....

At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us....

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said...

Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said...

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison...

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison...

The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an...

The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an...

That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility...

That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility...

I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did....

I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did....

I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were...

I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were...

The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first...

The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first...

The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May...

The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May...

And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask...

And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask...

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him,...

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him,...

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it...

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it...