After General Geoffrey Miller's stint at Abu Ghraib prison, the Military Personnel that were working under Janet Karpinski's orders were moved, and subsequently placed under the orders of Military Intelligence. With this move, the soldiers were now required to working closely with the interrogations and the set up instead of merely guarding the prisoners.
This move also required the M.P.s to actually take part in the torture of detainees leading up to their interrogations. Some had to watch the detainees shower and laugh at them during, in order to humiliate the prisoners into a psychological breakdown. Others were meant to keep the prisoners from sleeping prior to interrogations, mentally weakening them in order for them to break more easily.
One soldier in particular, Lieutenant Grainer, was specifically assigned to the night shift because of his previous experiences. He yelled at the detainees, keeping them up all night, and eventually began to question the ethics concerning the methods used.
The move from Karpinski to Military Intelligence didn't just affect the methods of extractions concerning the prisoners. The M.P.s at Abu Ghraib were beginning to suffer from self-torment and ethical fallouts in regards to their behavior towards the mostly innocent prisoners.
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