Contractors Are Cited in Abuses at Guantanamo (WaPo 4 Jan 07)

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Reports Indicate Interrogation Role

By Griff Witte and Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 4, 2007; Page D01

New allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay released by the FBI on Tuesday put private contractors at the center of interrogation operations, raising questions once again about where they fit in the military's chain of command.

The FBI's disclosures, which are based on eyewitness reports, refer several times to contractors directing the Army's interrogation efforts at the military detention center in Cuba. In at least one case, FBI agents were told that detainees may have been mistreated on orders from a contractor ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010301759.html