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Bibliographical Sources in the Abu Ghraib and Other Prison Torture Scandals

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Lynndie England

Lynndie England humiliating a naked inmate at Abu Ghraib prison. The hooded man is Hayder Sabbar Abd, a 34-year-old Shiite from southern Iraq who was never charged and never interrogated in months of detention.

U.S. Army / Criminal Investigation Command (CID)
The following sources were consulted to document and write about all materials relating to the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal and other matters relating to the treatment and mistreatment of inmates and detainees in the Bush and Obama administrations' prosecution of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or the Bush administration's "war on terror." The bibliography is also a helpful starting point for those interested in further reading. Where possible, documents are linked to their original web link in full.

Books and Articles

Reports and Court Cases

  • ACLU v. Department of Defense, No. 06-3140, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, decided Sept. 22, 2008.

  • Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody, December 2008 (pdf).

  • Fay Report: Investigation of Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib, by Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones and Maj. Gen. George R. Fay.
  • Taguba Report: Military Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade, by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba.

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