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Court-Martial Record: Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II (Volume 1 of 8)

May 20, 2004 | DOA | OJAG | ACLU-RDI 1752
This Court Martial record discusses the court martial proceedings of Staff Sergeant Ivan L. Frederick, II, who was charged for offenses he committed while assigned to the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility on or about November 08, 2003. SSG Frederick was arraigned and charged with a number of offenses, including maltreatment of subordinates, conspiracy, dereliction of duty, assault, and wrongful commission of an indecent act with detainees. Among the five charges and over ten offenses, Krol conspired with Specialist Roman Krol, Corporal Charles Graner, Jr., Specialist Armin J. Cruz, Specialist Sabrina Harman and others to abuse detainees at the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility. The abusive conduct, included, forcing detainees to masturbate in a public corridor and placing naked detainees in a human pyramid and photographing the pyramid. SSG Frederick was found guilty of eight of the twelve offenses and was sentenced to the following, his grade was reduced to the grade of Private, he forfeited all pay and allowances, he was sentenced to ten years of confinement and he was dishonorably discharged. Included in the record is the record of the hearing, a summary of the charges and various memorandums.
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2003-11-08, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • SSG Frederick was charged with various offenses, including the maltreatment of subordinates. On or about November 08, 2003, SSG conspired with SGT Javal Davis, CPL Charles Graner, Jr., SPC Jeremy Sivits, SPC Sabrina Harman, SPC Megan Ambuhl, and PFC Lynndie England, to mistreat detainees by maltreatment by placing naked detainees in a human pyramid and photographing the pyramid.
  • 2003-11-08, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • SSG Frederick was charged with detainee maltreatment for his role in a November 08, 2003 incident. On or about November 08, 2003, SSG Frederick participated in and allowed a detainee to be hooded, made to stand on a box with wires on his hands and told that if he fell off of the box he would be electrocuted. He also allowed the detainee to be photographed.
  • 2003-11-08, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • SSG Frederick was charged with various offenses, including maltreatment of detainees and wrongful commission of an indecent act with detainees. On or about November 08, 2003, SSG Frederick ordered detainees to undress, and then ordered them to masturbate in front of other detainees and soldiers. He also placed a detainee in a position so that the detainee's face was directly in front of the genitals of another detainee in order to simulate fellatio. He also photographed the detainees performing these acts.
  • 2003-11-08, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • SSG Frederick was charged with various offenses, including maltreatment of a detainee. On or about November 08, 2003, SSG Frederick took a picture of himself sitting on top of a detainee who was bound by padded material between two medical litters.