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ANNEX_059_5-3_800TH_MP_BRIGADE.pdf

On 9 February 2004, a team of officers, directed by Major General Antomo Taguba, conducted the followmg imcrv1ew MaJor General Taguba was appomted as an Invesugatmg Officer under the prov1s1ons of Army Regulation 15-6, by Lieutenant General David D McKleman. Commandmg General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), to look mto allegations of maltreatment of detamees, detamee escapes and accountab1hty lapses, at Abu Gharib, also known as the Baghdad Central Confinement Fac1hty (BCCF) The panel also mquued mto trammg, standards, employment, command pohc1es 1 and mternal pohc1es, concemmg the detamees held at Abu Gharib pnson Finally, the panel looked mto the command climate and the command and supervisory presence The followmg persons were present , MP, CFCC-PMO, Interviewer A CFLCC - SJA, lnten'iewer 705th MP Battalion, Interviewer 320th MP Battahon, Respondent , 27D30, CFLCC - SJA, Recorder The mterv1ew 1s summanzed as follows -Sr, 04, AGR, 320th Military Pohce Battalion As an S3, I'm ~sand traming w1thm U1e 320th, to mclude subordmate compames I'm essentially responsible for accompbshmg the nuss1on accordmg to the commander's intent We've had a vanety ofm1ss1ons, smce March, to mclude runrung the facility at Camp Freddy at Umm Qasr. to running half of the facility at Camp Bucca, as well as the Bucca TOC for the Base Ops, and moving up north to Abu Ghanb pnson, to nm 3 fac1hucs, there, my role 1s to ensure thal each fac1l1ty operates accordmg to standards, the Geneva Convcntmn To ensure, despite extremely hmned resoLrces, we are able to complete the mission, which ranges from prov1d1ng escorts, to guardmg, feedmg, housmg, g1vmg water, prov1dmg basic human supphes for pnsoners, and I do that through taskmgs to subordmate uruts I know that the Geneva Conventton...