“The latest investigation into the Abu Ghraib scandal found 44 instances of abuse by soldiers and civilian contractors at the prison in Iraq, some of which amounted to torture, one of the two generals who led the Army effort said Wednesday [August 25, 2004]. ‘There were some instances where torture was being used,’ Maj. Gen. George Fay told reporters at a Pentagon news conference about the investigation. ‘We discovered serious misconduct and a loss of moral values,’ said Gen. Paul Kern, who as the overseer of the effort presented an executive summary of the investigation report at the news conference. …The Army report cited 27 people who are accused of being associated with abuses at Abu Ghraib, 23 soldiers from a military intelligence unit and four civilian contractors working with them, Kern said.”
– “General: Some Abu Ghraib Abuse was Torture,” CNN.com, Aug. 26, 2004