The Army’s investigation of the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, known as the Fay Report, was issued on August 25, 2004. Maj. Gen. George “Fay, who along with Lt. Gen. Anthony Jones led a team of 28 investigators, analysts and legal advisers, said the probe showed 15 of 23 personnel were doing things that were abusive, but they thought they were acting within the scope of their duties. ‘We found that the pictures you have seen, as revolting as they are, were not the result of any doctrine, training or policy failures, but violations of the law and misconduct,’ [investigation overseer Gen. Paul] Kern said. ‘We learned there were leaders who knew about this misconduct, knew better, and did nothing.’ Kern said the investigation also found that at least eight ‘ghost detainees’ were kept at Abu Ghraib. They were not registered on official logs and were moved around the facility and hidden from representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Kern said. ‘Now, were there more? We don’t know, because what we found is without records. It’s difficult to document,’ Kern said.”
– “General: Some Abu Ghraib Abuse was Torture,” CNN.com, Aug. 26, 2004