6. The "Hard Site" and the Failure of "Intelligence" at Abu Ghraib

The "Hard Site" and the Failure of "Intelligence" at Abu Ghraib

 

 

 The "Hard site" at Abu Ghraib was a location in which the highly valued prisoners were kept.  Any detainees that were labeled as "high importance" or may have be privy to large amount of intelligence were placed at the "Hard Site".   Such individuals might have been Al Qaeda, Taliban, and/or other individuals from terrorist type groups would also be directed into this area.  This area was sectioned off into two levels: Tier 1A and Tier 1B.  Tier 1A would be the male terrorists as described above. Tier 1B would be the women and children that were held as collateral to the male detainees kept in Tier 1A.  The interrogators would use the Tier 1B detainees as leverage to get the men to give up more intelligence.  This area also had a lack of prison guards / soldiers to watch the inmates.

 

 

The Intelligence that was being received and transmitted out from Abu Ghraib was minimal.  The Military Intelligence Police believed that all the intelligence that they were forcing out of the detainees would be beneficial to save lives worldwide; however, the intelligence actually collected was far less than the Military Police expected.  While it is unsure where it was from lack of experience in interrogation methods or the prisoners actually had no intelligence to give.