Exhibit 1245 ยท Army investigation report
AR 15-6 Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility and 205th Military Intelligence Brigade (Fay-Jones report), executive summary
Looking beyond personal responsibility, leader responsibility and command responsibility, systemic problems and issues also contributed to the volatile environment in which the abuse occurred.
Army investigation of intelligence activities at Abu Ghraib. Cites individual culpability of dozens of soldiers, and lists systemic problems (doctrine, training, shortages, unclear lines of responsibility, no clear interrogation policy, pressure to produce intelligence) as contributing to the environment.
- Source
- MG George R. Fay and LTG Anthony R. Jones, Investigating Officers, U.S. Army
- Date
- August 2004 (executive summary dated 23 August 2004)
- Quoted from
- Executive Summary, para. a.(4), printed p. 8 (PDF p. 42 of the 177-page copy)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://hrlibrary.law.umn.edu/OathBetrayed/Fay-Jones%20Report.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Next page (printed p. 9): the abuses 'were perpetrated or witnessed by individuals or small groups. Such abuse can not be directly tied to a systemic US approach to torture or approved treatment of detainees.' Same paragraph: 'Twenty-seven (27) were cited in this report for some degree of culpability'.