Former Abu Ghraib guard says prisoners were treated even worse than was reported

Benjamin Thompson, a former guard at Abu Ghraib, said little changed at the detention center after shocking photos of U.S. guards engaged in torture were leaked to the media.

In February 2004, Benjamin Thompson was sent to Abu Ghraib to guard Iraqi prisoners. Two months after he arrived, photos of grinning American soldiers torturing and sexually abusing naked Iraqis were leaked to the world. Thompson saw nothing like that at Abu Ghraib. What he did see, he says, was worse.

Hallway of Abu Ghraib prison...