Donald J. Ryder

Donald Ryder is a retired major general of the United States Army who served as United States Army Provost Marshal General from 2003 to 2006.^[1]

Biography

Ryder was commissioned into the United States Army in 1971. He was promoted to major general in 2001. He served as the most senior officer in the Criminal Investigation Division and was also the top Army Law Enforcement officer as the Army Provost Marshal General.

Taguba Report

In 2003, Ryder conducted an inquiry into the abuse of prisoners in

Ryder recommended that the duties of the

General Miller had urged closer cooperation between guards and interrogators.[4] Miller had recommended that guards "set the conditions" for successful interrogation—a vague term that some critics believe was the trigger for some of the abuse some guards later committed. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's response to the public release of the news of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse was to ignore Ryder and Taguba's recommendations and appoint General Miller to take over the direction of the prison facilities in Iraq. Ryder also oversaw the organization and operations of the DoD Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF), which conducted terrorism investigations. Ryder retired in 2007.

Awards and decorations

During his military career, he was awarded the

1. ^ Annex 19 of the Taguba Report, Taguba Report
2. ^ As Insurgency Grew, So Did Prison Abuse: Needing Intelligence, U.S. Pressed Detainees, The Washington Post, May 10, 2004
3. ^ Annex 20 of the Taguba Report, Taguba Report

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