Recommendations of the Fay report

Major General George Fay and Lieutenant General Anthony Jones were appointed to look into the abuse at Abu Ghraib.[5] In an appendix the report contained recommendations as to the actions the authorities should take against the officers and men implicated in the abuse -- including Lieutenant Colonel Jordan:

    Finding: LTC Stephen L. Jordan, Director, Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center. A preponderance of evidence supports that LTC Jordan did, or failed to do, the following:

        * Failed to properly train Soldiers and civilians on the ICRP.
        * Failed to take full responsibility for his role as the Director, JIDC.
        * Failed to establish the necessary checks and balances to prevent and detect abuses.
        * Was derelict in his duties by failing to establish order and enforce proper use of ICRP during the night of 24 November 2003 (IP Roundup) which contributed to a chaotic situation in which detainees were abused.
        * Failed to prevent the unauthorized use of dogs and the humiliation of detainees who were kept naked for no acceptable purpose while he was the senior officer-in-charge in the Hard Site.
        * Failed to accurately and timely relay critical information to COL Pappas, such as:
              o The incident where a detainee had obtained a weapon.
              o ICRC issues.
        * Was deceitful during this, as well as the MG Taguba, investigations. His recollection of facts, statements, and incidents were always recounted to avoid blame or responsibility. His version of events frequently diverged from most others.
        * Failed to obey a lawful order to refrain from contacting anyone except his attorney regarding this investigation. He conducted an e-mail campaign soliciting support from others involved in the investigation.

2 Abu Ghraib charges dropped

FORT MEADE, Md. -- A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison after an investigator acknowledged he failed to read the defendant his rights.
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In court Monday morning, prosecutor Lt. Col. John P. Tracy announced that an investigator, Maj. Gen. George Fay, had contacted prosecutors Sunday to say that he "misspoke" when he testified during a pretrial hearing that he had advised Jordan of his rights during an interview in 2004.

In that 2004 interview, Jordan had told Fay he never saw detainees being abused and never saw nude detainees.

The judge, Army Col. Stephen R. Henley, granted the government's motion to dismiss two charges that were based on those statements: making a false official statement, punishable by up to five years in prison, and obstruction of justice, punishable by up to three years.

Jordan still is charged with disobeying Fay's order not to discuss the investigation with others, punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Jordan's defense, led by Capt. Samuel Spitzberg, contends that although Jordan was the titular head of the interrogation center, he spent most of his time trying to improve soldiers' deplorable living conditions at Abu Ghraib.