This statement of the Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade discusses his assumption of command of the military intelligence operations component at Abu Ghraib prison in July 2003. He discusses his chain of command including Gen. Sanchez and General Wojdowkoski as being involved in understanding the challenges of running the facility and the issues associated the many military units and variety of prisoners all in one place, and under very difficult conditions. He recounts his first impressions of the prison and the numerous Officers he worked with to operate it in a coherent manner. He also plainly states its difficulties.