On April 28, 2004, the Abu Ghraib photos of prisoner torture and
humiliation appeared on 60 Minutes, setting off an international
scandal. Less than seven weeks later, Susan L. Burke, a
Philadelphia attorney, field a landmark lawsuit on behalf of the
detainees, presenting a case against two private contractors, CACI
International and Titan Inc. Burke set out to prove that
contractors, soldiers, and officers worked together, or conspired,
to torture and kill detainees. McKelvey examines how it is that
many of the abusers can never be brought to justice, operating as
they do outside the US system of criminal laws. Along the way she
has tea with Saddam Hussein's mistress, meets with suspected
terrorists, including a ghost detainee, and interviews victims from
American detention centers, all the while uncovering vital sources
touched upon by no other journalist. Following Burke's lawsuit
through the courts, and drawing on interviews with current and
former military personnel, translators, and interrogators, as well
as listening to the harrowing personal stories of numerous detainee
plaintiffs, McKelvey examines the many underreported,
under-investigated crimes of Abu Ghraib.
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