Abu Ghraib has become synonymous with prisoner abuse and torture.  The images of Iraqi prisoners—some naked, some dead—are haunting and unforgettable. 

It took a lot of effort to bring the story to the public.  By the time that Seymour Hersh broke the story publicly, the Army had been conducting it’s own investigations—although they seemed to focus more on the act of photographing the abuse rather than the policies that endorsed torture.

From September 2003 to the spring of 2004, Sam Provance ran the top-secret computer network used by Military Intelligence (or M.I.) at Abu Ghraib. After learning of the systematic abuse, Sam blew the whistle…first internally and then—when nothing was being done about it—to ABC News.

He’s the only MI specialist to speak out about the abuse at the prison and is the only M.I. source listed in the Taguba report. After Provance blew the whistle, the Army demoted him, took his security clearance, and threatened him with ten years of prison.

After the Abu Ghraib scandal became public, the civilians who drew up the policies that led to the abuse went on to promotions or other jobs.

Twelve soldiers have been convicted most got light sentences. No officers faced judiacail Punishment.

Military Whistleblower Samuel Provance explains when he first realized that the interrogation process had gone wrong.