Antonio Taguba and his report, May 2004

   In Antonio Taguba's report in 2004, there were several reasons given to explain how the abuse at Abu Ghraib came to begin. Taguba compared three similar camps. His findings were that the other camps were in fact praticing lawfully under the Geneva Conventions. This did not apply to Abu Ghraib.
   Along with the lack of training of the police, there was a lack of presence of higher level officers, such as General Karpinski.
    General Taguba found that the problems occurred do to the failure of leaderhip. There was a lack of presence of commanding officers as well, specifically General Karpinski. It was actually found that Karpinski was untruthful about the frequency of her visits; the visits were far less than reported.
    It was also found that a lack of training was a cause of the tormenting of prisoners. There was no training prior to arriving in Iraq. Along with lack of training, it was also noted that there was no communication inbetween shifts happening amongst the military police. This caused a huge hole in the understanding of the progress and status of prisoners.
   Within the report, a list of harsh tactics, including unmuzzled guard dogs, was provided. Sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, and stress positions are examples of other tactics used.
   Though there was no written evidence of direct orders from commanding officers for the abuse to be used against detainees, Taguba was convinced that the orders were in fact given.