Use of private contractors in Iraqi jail interrogations highlighted by inquiry into abuse of prisoners
US military in torture scandal.
"A military report into the Abu Ghraib case - parts of which were made available to the Guardian - makes it clear that private contractors were supervising interrogations in the prison, which was notorious for torture and executions under Saddam Hussein.
"One civilian contractor was accused of raping a young male prisoner but has not been charged because military law has no jurisdiction over him."