Abu Ghraib contractor 'told guards what to do'

A private interrogator accused of abuses at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison has told investigators that he and military intelligence operatives directed prison guards to keep Iraqi prisoners awake for as much as 20 hours a day.

Contractor Steven Stefanowicz also said he may have heard, but did not see, some military police physically abusing a prisoner. Otherwise, he said, he did not see any abuses inside Abu Ghraib like those documented in photos that became public in the spring.