Exhibit 1241 ยท Congressional hearing transcript
Statement of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the treatment of Iraqi prisoners (FDCH transcript)
It's important for the American people and the world to know that while these terrible acts were perpetrated by a small number of U.S. military, they were also brought to light by the honorable and responsible actions of other military personnel.
Opening statement of the Secretary of Defense to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Abu Ghraib abuses. He states that the events occurred on his watch and that as Secretary he is accountable and takes full responsibility, and describes the acts as perpetrated by a small number of U.S. military.
- Source
- Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; transcript by FDCH Congressional Hearings
- Date
- 7 May 2004
- Quoted from
- Rumsfeld opening statement, p. 5 of the PDF (DoD FOIA release DODDOA-010269, copy of the FDCH transcript)
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://www.thetorturedatabase.org/files/foia_subsite/pdfs/DODDOA010269.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Grade reported because the copy is a commercial transcript (FDCH) released by DoD under FOIA; the same sentence appears in the GlobalSecurity copy of the testimony, which was also read. Same statement: 'These events occurred on my watch. As secretary of defense, I am accountable for them and I take full responsibility.' A cleaner primary copy would be the Congressional Record or the hearing volume.