Exhibit 99
CACI
Says Church Report Underscores Critical Value of
Interrogation
Services
to Saving Military Lives and National Security
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Report Says Civilians Interrogators Often Had More Experience and Served Longer
than
Military
Counterparts -
Arlington,
Va., March 10, 2005 - CACI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) announced today that,
it was pleased that a new review of interrogation practices by Navy Inspector
General and Vice Admiral Albert T. Church recognized the value and diligent
service of civilian interrogators provided by CACI and other private
contractors. Since August 2003, CACI has supported military intelligence
gathering efforts by providing interrogation and other information and
intelligence analysis services in Iraq. CACI does not and never has provided
interrogators in either Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
“Today’s
report makes clear that civilian interrogation services are essential to the war
against terrorism,” CACI Chairman and CEO Jack London said. “As one senior
military official noted, ‘interrogation operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Guantanamo cannot be reasonably accomplished without contractor
support’.”
“We are
tremendously proud of every CACI employee who is supporting U.S. efforts in Iraq
and elsewhere to fight terror and spread freedom,” London added. “Despite the
controversy of the past year, they have stayed the course, braved danger, and
conducted themselves with the highest ethics to support our
country.”
“I am
very pleased that their contribution has been recognized by Vice Admiral Church
and those who worked with him on this report. I believe that our work in Iraq
was instrumental in helping to save American lives and will help bring this
operation to a successful conclusion,” London also said.
During
Senate testimony and in the unclassified Executive Summary of his report
released today, Vice Admiral Church concluded:
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“Contractors
made a significant contribution to U.S. intelligence
efforts;”
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On
average, contractors were more experienced than military interrogators and
that this advantage enhanced their credibility with detainees and promoted
successful interrogations;
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“Interrogation
techniques were not a causal factor in the abuses of
detainees.”
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“Contract
personnel often served longer tours than DoD personnel, creating
continuity and enhancing corporate knowledge of their commands”;
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Despite
the publicity surrounding Abu Ghraib, “we found very few instances of
abuse involving contractors.”
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London
reiterated that CACI expects all of its employees to fully comply with the
military’s rules of engagement and international laws regarding the treatment of
prisoners. He also noted that the company has cooperated fully and will continue
to cooperate with all official inquiries regarding interrogation and detention
policies.
CACI also
reiterated emphatically that it does not condone, tolerate or in any way endorse
illegal behavior by its employees and said it would take swift action if the
evidence demonstrates culpable wrongdoing by any of its employees. But, CACI
also emphasized its strong commitment to the fundamental American principle that
people are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
London
said that CACI only has access to the 21-page executive summary of the Church
Report and does not know if the “very few instances” of contractor abuses
involve CACI employees. He said the company will seek further information from
the government. To date, no CACI employee has been formally charged with
misconduct at Abu Ghraib or elsewhere in Iraq.
London
observed that the Church report, like the Fay Report released last August, does
not suggest in any way that CACI employees bore substantial responsibility for
the widely reported abuses at Abu Ghraib.
“The
conclusions of the Church and Fay reports differ significantly with some of the
suggestions made by Major General Taguba about responsibility for abuses at Abu
Ghraib. These reports have fully exonerated at least one of the civilians
assigned responsibility by Major General Taguba and greatly scaled back
allegations about a CACI employee named in the Taguba report,” London
said.
London
also noted Vice Admiral Church’s conclusion that only a small number of
substantiated abuses in Iraq “could in any way be considered related to
interrogation.”
About
CACI
CACI
International Inc provides the IT and network solutions needed to prevail in
today’s new era of defense, intelligence, and e-government. From systems
integration and managed network solutions to knowledge management, engineering,
simulation, and information assurance, we deliver the IT applications and
infrastructures our federal customers use to improve communications and
collaboration, secure the integrity of information systems and networks, enhance
data collection and analysis, and increase efficiency and mission effectiveness.
Our solutions lead the transformation of defense and intelligence, assure
homeland security, enhance decision-making, and help government to work smarter,
faster, and more responsively. CACI, a member of the Russell 2000 and S&P
SmallCap 600 indices, provides dynamic careers for approximately 9,500 employees
working in over 100 offices in the U.S. and Europe. CACI is the IT provider for
a networked world. Visit CACI on the web at www.caci.com.
There
are statements made herein which do not address historical facts and, therefore
could be interpreted to be forward-looking statements as that term is defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are
subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
anticipated results. The factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated include, but are not limited to, the
following: regional and national economic conditions in the United States and
the United Kingdom, including conditions that result from terrorist activities
or war; failure to achieve contract awards in connection with recompetes for
present business and/or competition for new business; the risks and
uncertainties associated with client interest in and purchases of new products
and/or services; continued funding of U.S. Government or other public sector
projects in the event of a priority need for funds, such as homeland security,
the war on terrorism or rebuilding Iraq; government contract procurement (such
as bid protest, small business set asides, etc.) and termination risks; the
results of government investigations into allegations of improper actions
related to the provision of services in support of U.S. military operations in
Iraq; the results of the appeal of CACI International Inc ASBCA No. 53058;
individual business decisions of our clients; paradigm shifts in technology;
competitive factors such as pricing pressures and/or competition to hire and
retain employees; material changes in laws or regulations applicable to our
businesses, particularly in connection with (i) government contracts for
services, (ii) outsourcing of activities that have been performed by the
government, and (iii) competition for task orders under Government Wide
Acquisition Contracts (“GWACs”) and/or schedule contracts with the General
Services Administration; our own ability to achieve the objectives of near term
or long range business plans; and other risks described in the company’s
Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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For other
information contact:
Jody
Brown, Executive Vice President, Public Relations
(703)
841-7801, jbrown@caci.com