Jon Kyl: “The abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison violated all training standards for Army interrogators and has…”

“The abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison violated all training standards for Army interrogators and has commanders and students at Fort Huachuca angry and fearful of potential repercussions. "It's anathema. It's not what we train. It's not our values," said Maj. Gen. James Marks, commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center. "I can't fathom who would do that * * * I'm disgusted by it. Those aren't interrogation techniques. That's a bunch of rogue soldiers conducting evil acts." Many at Fort Huachuca, home of the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade which includes the training programs for interrogators and counterintelligence agents, say the actions of a few soldiers at Abu Ghraib have cast a pall on the Army's intelligence-gathering community. It goes on to note that "it reflects on the rest of us that are training to do the right thing." We do not authorize any form of hands-on in terms of use of our interrogation techniques. The article goes on to talk about precisely what kind of interrogation is permitted, what the techniques are to get information. But it makes it very clear none of the things that have been depicted in these photographs are even remotely authorized.”