Article: Prosecutor calls guard sadistic in Abu Ghraib case: Army dog-handler on trial at Fort Meade.

Byline: Stephen Kiehl

May 24--The shocking abuse and sexual humiliation that occurred at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004 was the work of "corrupt cops" who acted for their own enjoyment and without the sanction of their commanders, according to the military's opening statement yesterday in the court-martial of an Army dog handler. Military prosecutor Maj. Matthew Miller said Sgt. Santos A. Cardona allowed his dog to bite a detainee at the Iraqi prison and participated in a game with another dog handler in which they used their dogs to frighten detainees until they soiled themselves. "This case is about cops who were trained better and who knew better ...

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