A civil trial is currently underway in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, involving allegations against Reston-based military contractor CACI for its role in the abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison 20 years ago. This is the second trial this year for CACI, with the first trial ending in a mistrial due to a hung jury.
The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, which shocked the world in 2003 and 2004, involved civilian interrogators supplied by CACI to assist U.S. military efforts post the invasion of Iraq. While military personnel involved in the abuse were convicted, no criminal charges were brought against CACI interrogators, despite military investigations implicating them in wrongdoing.
