Antonio Taguba and His Report, May 2004

Antonio Taguba investigated the scandal at Abu Ghraib in 2004. What he found was immense torture, pictures of the torture, and e-mails of torture. He determined that what was being done at Abu Ghraib was torture, not abuse. He found that "numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees." He continued in his report to describe acts of torture that were committed at Abu Ghraib. Taguba said more than 50 interrogation techniques were allowed, some of which including sleep deprivation, controlled diet, and isolation. The harsher techniques came from the lack of discipline, lack of training, and lack of proper leadership. Maj. Gen. Donald Ryder omitted in a statement that MP's did in fact have orders to facilitate interrogation in such ways that they were doing.