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*We will have more to say about this detainee. Manadel al-Jamadi. later on. • "Individual criminal propensities" (the alleged dispositions of the reserve
MPs)
• "leadership failures" (systemic factors)
• "dysfunctional command relationships at brigade and higher echelons"
(systemic factors)
• "multiple agencies/organizations involvement in interrogation operations
at Abu Ghraib" (systemic factors)
• "failure to effectively screen, certify, and then integrate contractor inter-
rogators/analysts/linguists" (systemic factor)
• "lack of a clear understanding of the MP and MI roles and responsibilities
in interrogation operations" (situational and systemic factors)
• "lack of safety and security at Abu Ghraib" (situational and systemic fac-
tors)
The Fay/Jones Report thus specifies six of seven contributing factors to the
abuses as traceable to systemic or situational factors, and but one to dispositional
factors. It then proceeds to expand on this overview by highlighting numerous
systemic failures that played key roles in facilitating the abuses:
Looking beyond personal responsibility, leader responsibility and command
responsibility, systemic problems and issues also contributed to the volatile
environment in which abuse occurred. The report lists several dozen spe-
cific systemic failures ranging from doctrine and policy concerns to leader-
ship and command and control issues to resource and training issues.
Cooperating with Illegal CIA Activities as "Teamwork" I was surprised to discover in this report open, public criticism of the CIA's role in
the abusive interrogations, which was supposed to be clandestine:
The systematic lack of accountability for interrogator actions and de-
tainees plagued detainee operations at Abu Ghraib. It is unclear how and
under what authority the CIA could place prisoners like DETAINEE-28* in
Abu Ghraib because no memorandums of understanding existed on the
subject between the CIA and CJTF-7. Local CIA officers convinced COL
Pappas and LTC Jordan that they should be allowed to operate outside the es- tablished local rules and procedures. [Italics added for emphasis.]
Let's pause for a moment to let that statement resonate before considering
how this matter of the military's links with the CIA was resolved. Fay/Jones noted
that "When COL Pappas raised the issue of CIA use of Abu Ghraib with COL Blotz.