CACI Opens Employee Probe Connected To Iraq Abuse

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3 May 2004 04:08 GMT DJ CACI Opens Employee Probe Connected To Iraq Abuse Case-WP


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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. defense contractor CACI International Inc. (CAI) said it launched an independent investigation of its employees in connection with allegations that Iraqi detainees were abused by U.S. soldiers at an Army-run prison in Iraq, the Washington Post reported in its Monday editions.

Six Army soldiers have been charged with the physical and sexual abuse of 20 prisoners at the Abu Ghraib facility, which is about 20 miles west of Baghdad, and others remain under investigation, the Post reported. Employees for Arlington,Va.-based CACI were serving as interrogators at the facility, according to an attorney for one of the soldiers facing criminal charges, the Post reported. Two CACI employees were named in an unreleased internal Army report about abuses at Abu Ghraib, according to a New Yorker article published last week on the magazine's Web site, the Post reported.

CACI acknowledged that its employees had been interviewed by Army officials as part of the investigation, but said in an e-mailed statement that it has "received no indication from the Army that any CACI employee was involved in any alleged improper conduct with Iraqi prisoners," the paper reported.

"CACI has initiated an independent investigation of the actions of Company employees in connection with this matter," the statement said, according to the Post. It was unclear who was conducting the investigation, the Post reported. Company spokeswoman Jody Brown and the company's chief executive and chairman, Jack London, didn't return calls for comment, the report said.

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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Congress should investigate and haul these people in

This is what the American people should be seeing on their TV is the cushy relationship of contractors....they should not be allowed to investigate themselves nor should we be dependent on the US military to get to the bottom of this.

We should demand congress launch a full scale investigation.

[riverwalker]

2. they can't investigate themselves

This is what we need, this is what we should demand.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engmde140172004
"There must be a fully independent, impartial and public investigation into all allegations of torture. Nothing less will suffice. If Iraq is to have a sustainable and peaceful future, human rights must be a central component of the way forward. The message must be sent loud and clear that those who abuse human rights will be held accountable."

"Our extensive research in Iraq suggests that this is not an isolated incident. It is not enough for the USA to react only once images have hit the television screens".


"Amnesty International is calling for investigations into alleged abuses by Coalition Forces to be conducted by a body that is competent, impartial and independent, and seen to be so, and that any findings of such investigations be made public. In addition reparation, including compensation, must be paid to the victims or to their families."