{"id":74710,"date":"2024-04-16T21:49:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/16\/retired-generals-testimony-links-contractor-to-abu-ghraib-abuses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:13:23","slug":"retired-generals-testimony-links-contractor-to-abu-ghraib-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/04\/16\/retired-generals-testimony-links-contractor-to-abu-ghraib-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired general\u2019s testimony links contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq\u2019s infamous Abu Ghraib prison testified Tuesday that a civilian contractor instructed prison guards to \u201csoften up\u201d detainees for interrogations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retired general, Antonio Taguba, told jurors that the contractor, Steven Stefanowicz, even tried to intimidate the general as he investigated the Abu Ghraib abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe would lean on the table staring me down. 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