- Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan is an employee of
CACI International Inc. ; in early 2004 he was stationed atAbu Ghraib prison in Iraq as aninterrogator .He kept an online
diary for KSTP-AM, aSt. Paul, Minnesota , radio station. The last entry was made on April 26, shortly before the Abu Ghraibprisoner abuse scandal broke in the media. Shortly after that date, the diary was removed from the radio station's website. However, a copy of the April 11-April 26 entries was retrieved from the Google cache. He had no formal interrogation training, like many of theCACI International Inc. employees.Joe Ryan was subsequently fired from CACI International Inc. for his
online diary .The "Ron Rosenbaum & Mark O'Connell" show section on KSTP's website mentions Ryan as a friend of the show. It says, "Joe Ryan -- Frequent contributor and caller, Army
translator and security expert, now overseas as an interrogator." [http://www.am1500.com/personalities/rosenboconn.htm]External links
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2503-2004May4.html Washington Post, May 5 2004: Media's Most Wanted Today Is Blogger From Iraqi Prison]
* [http://www.cyberjournalist.net/features/joeyrandiary.mht A copy of the page of entries from Joe Ryan's diary retrieved from the Google cache]
* [http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:XYYOCOWnu_8J:www.am1500.com/personalities/joeryan.htm+KSTP+%22Joe+Ryan%22&hl=en The Google cache link for the April 26 entry] . The Google cache only keeps pages for a short period, so this link no longer works. However, it is of historical note as it records how the rescued article was retrieved.
* [http://www.am1500.com/personalities/joeryan.htm www.am1500.com/personalities/joeryan.htm] The original URL for Joe Ryan's diary - no longer available.
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