Major General Antonio Taguba was given the task of investigating the Abu Ghraib scandal in May 2004. His priority was to focus his attention on the acts of the MP's only and to conduct a thorough and complete investigation into the torture and abuse scandal that took place in 2003.
Taguba found clear evidence of the mistreatment of the detainees. Photographic and video evidence showed nude inmates in various humiliating positions and some even provided proof of rape and sodomizing detainees.
He discovered that the MP's were simply following orders that had been handed down from top brass officials including Major General Geoffery Miller who had come from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to obtain intelligence from the detainees.
During his investigation into the mistreatment and torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Major General Antonio Taguba gathered evidence pertaining to the involvement of military intelligence, contractors and other operatives involved with the intelligence gathering at the prison. He stated that it was their influence on the guards at Abu Ghraib that led to the torture or "softening up" of the inmates in custody.
These accusations made Taguba a very unpopular person with the Department of Defense and with Donald Rumsfeld in particular. Rumsfeld stated that he had no knowledge of the abuse at Abu Ghraib prior to Taguba's report being released.
Taguba Report
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