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...spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia, to which the military referred allegations of civilian wrongdoing at Abu Ghraib, would not comment on the grand jury matter, or whether Stefanowicz might be a target. A similar grand jury was convened in the eastern district some two years ago, but apparently returned no indictments. A lawyer for Stefanowicz told TIME that he had received no recent communication from federal authorities and had "no basis that they are taking up this matter" more than three years after the scandal erupted. CACI itself said in 2004 that...
...Critics have long asked why the U.S. government has charged only low-ranking soldiers with serious crimes at Abu Ghraib, and why it did not pursue charges against civilian contractors, over whom it has jurisdiction, despite apparently abundant evidence against some of them, notably Stefanowicz. In fact, two U.S. military reports, one prepared by Maj. Gen. Anthony Taguba and the other by Maj. Gen. George Fay, assert that Stefanowicz was likely responsible for abuses at Abu Ghraib, something that his lawyer has firmly denied. Witnesses at the trials of Abu Ghraib defendants also described Stefanowicz as an active participant...
...recording of a conversation between Lt. Col. Jordan, 51, and two Army investigators in Iraq on Sept. 18, 2004, Jordan is heard informally discussing what happened at Abu Ghraib and referring repeatedly to the contracting firm CACI, the supervisors it employed, and specifically to Steven Stefanowicz, who was known as "Big Steve" around Abu Ghraib, as well as another civilian employee. The investigators were working at the time on behalf of soldiers who later became criminal defendants in the Abu Ghraib proceedings. One of the investigators told TIME that the conversation took place at Jordan's initiative...
...point in the exchange, Jordan offers to give the investigators the prisoner identification numbers of detainees who had been released from Abu Ghraib, including "a female" and others who "could probably highlight negative stuff" about Stefanowicz and his civilian associate...
...Separately, Jordan also lists the names of various individuals who, he asserts, would have more information about what happened involving interrogators at Abu Ghraib and military police company members who worked at the facility. At one point, he refers specifically to an "illegal interrogation" - and recommends the investigators speak to an individual to find out about that. A lawyer for Jordan declined to comment on the recording...