ABU GHRAIB
 
Beginning in 2004, numerous accounts of prisoner abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq came to the public’s attention. The acts were alleged to have been committed by various Soldiers, CIA officers, and contractors involved in the occupation of Iraq.
Seven U.S. Army Soldiers were eventually charged with various offenses including dereliction of duty, maltreatment, aggravated assault, and battery. The Abu Ghraib courts-martial were politically charged and were riddled with issues of unlawful command influence.
 
As civilian counsel for the most senior of the seven Soldiers charged, Gary Myers openly challenged several of the Army’s decisions regarding who would be charged, arguing that several key leaders who were directly responsible for the conditions that led to the abuses were escaping justice.

Gary Myers also challenged the Army’s decision to hold several of the courts-martial in Iraq though most of the witnesses had already rotated out of the combat zone. For more on Gary Myers role in the trials and the subject of who was ultimately responsible for the abuses, See Chain of Command, published by Harper Collins, 2005.

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