Yeah, what are they supposed to say...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CACI International Inc., which was named in a report about the possible abuse of prisoners in Iraq, on Thursday said that its own investigation into the matter has not shown any evidence of abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison.
The company, a provider of interrogators to the U.S. Army to support operations in Iraq, had been named in an internal Army report by Major General Antonio Taguba, causing CACI and the Army to launch investigations.
CACI is continuing its own investigation and said that its probe "to date has not produced any credible or tangible evidence that substantiates the involvement of CACI personnel in the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison or elsewhere in Iraq," according to a press statement.
The company said it continues to cooperate fully with all inquiries from the U.S. government.
Since the beginning of the interrogation support services contract in August 2003, CACI has provided a total of 36 interrogators to Iraq, with no more than 10 people at any one time on site at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.
CBS television had released pictures of U.S. soldiers abusing and humiliating prisoners inside Abu Ghraib, including piling them up naked and hooded.
The confidential Taguba report, which was leaked to the media, had said that two men identified as CACI employees were among those who "were either directly or indirectly responsible for the abuse at Abu Ghraib."
The company has said repeatedly it has no evidence that its employees were involved in any abuse. The stock has slid about 6 percent since May 3, when the company made its first statement on the matter.
The stock was down 50 cents, or 1.3 percent, at $39.05 in mid-afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, compared with the Standard & Poor's aerospace and defense index, which was down 2 percent.
The company, a provider of interrogators to the U.S. Army to support operations in Iraq, had been named in an internal Army report by Major General Antonio Taguba, causing CACI and the Army to launch investigations.
CACI is continuing its own investigation and said that its probe "to date has not produced any credible or tangible evidence that substantiates the involvement of CACI personnel in the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison or elsewhere in Iraq," according to a press statement.
The company said it continues to cooperate fully with all inquiries from the U.S. government.
Since the beginning of the interrogation support services contract in August 2003, CACI has provided a total of 36 interrogators to Iraq, with no more than 10 people at any one time on site at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad.
CBS television had released pictures of U.S. soldiers abusing and humiliating prisoners inside Abu Ghraib, including piling them up naked and hooded.
The confidential Taguba report, which was leaked to the media, had said that two men identified as CACI employees were among those who "were either directly or indirectly responsible for the abuse at Abu Ghraib."
The company has said repeatedly it has no evidence that its employees were involved in any abuse. The stock has slid about 6 percent since May 3, when the company made its first statement on the matter.
The stock was down 50 cents, or 1.3 percent, at $39.05 in mid-afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, compared with the Standard & Poor's aerospace and defense index, which was down 2 percent.
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