SCOOP LINK'Definitely
a Cover-Up'
By Brian Ross and Alexandra Salomon
ABCNEWS.com
Tuesday 18 May 2004
Former
Abu Ghraib Intel Staffer Says Army Concealed Involvement in
Abuse Scandal
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Investigation/abu_ghraib_cover_up_040518-1.html
Dozens of soldiers - other than the seven military police reservists who have been charged - were involved in the abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, and there is an effort under way in the Army to hide it, a key witness in the investigation told ABCNEWS.
"There's definitely a cover-up," the witness, Sgt. Samuel Provance, said. "People are either telling themselves or being told to be quiet."
Provance, 30, was part of the 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion stationed at Abu Ghraib last September. He spoke to ABCNEWS despite orders from his commanders not to.
"What I was surprised at was the silence," said Provance. "The collective silence by so many people that had to be involved, that had to have seen something or heard something."
Provance, now stationed in Germany, ran the top secret computer network used by military intelligence at the prison.
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Investigation/abu_ghraib_cover_up_040518-1.html
…or…
http://truthout.org/docs_04/051904AA.shtml