Antonio Taguba and his report, May 2004

General Antonio Taguba's report on the Abu Ghraib torture scandal included confirming the existence of Graner's photos, four confessions by MPs working at the unit and at least one video of abuse. The images contained within these documents included simulated fellatio, human pyramids, male detainees wearing panties and choke collars and female detainees being forced to expose themselves to the guards. According to Taguba there was at least one video of a female detainee being sodomized by an American soldier. On at least two different occasions, Colonel Thomas Pappas fromthe 205th Military Intelligence Brigade allowed unmuzzled dogs in the interrogation rooms.

Taguba's report would conclude that the General Karpinski had lied about the number of prison inspections she had performed, combined with the Mps status as subordinate to Military Intelligence, rather than their own officers, resulted in a lack of leadership at the facility. Furthermore, MPs at Abu Ghraib had not received the requisite training necessary in order to function as security personnel at a prison. The Mps were not given formal shift briefings relating to proper conduct or standard operating procedures, leaving them completely at the mercy of Military Intelligence and civilian CIA contractors. These factors combined created an environment by which the Abu Ghraib MPs were essentially vulnerable to exploitation and forced to cooperate with interrogation procedures they would not normally be a part of.