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Sergeant Ivan Frederick

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (1966- )
    Born in Buckingham County, Virginia
    Highest ranking figure in the Iraqi prisoner abuse photographs
    Former staff sergeant in the United States Army
    Convicted of prisoner abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and sentenced to eight years (2004)
    Interviewed on 60 Minutes

Why he might be annoying:

    He and his cohorts stupidly photographed their detainee abuses with digital cameras and then acted shocked when there was blowback.
    It was members of his own family who unwittingly gave the incriminating photos from his video diary to 60 Minutes.
    He tried to throw his superiors under the bus by claiming he was 'following orders' and that his unit had 'no support' (which makes the photo of him sitting on an Iraqi detainee between two stretchers a little harder to explain).
    He received a dishonorable discharge from the United Stated Army (2004).
    He barely served three years of his eight year sentence before being released on parole in October 2007.
    He took the photo most widely circulated by media associated with the scandal: the infamous 'Hooded Man' image (depicting a hooded prisoner surrounded by electric wires).

Why he might not be annoying:

    Prior to his deployment to Iraq, he was a corrections officer at Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, Virginia.
    He claimed in his court testimony that the Pentagon and its top managers knew what had been going on at the prison without ever reprimanding them.
    He was the main focus of the 'Lucifer Effect (Understanding How Good People Turn Evil)' by Philip Zimbardo, who was an expert witness for the defense at his trial.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 182 Votes: 52.20% Annoying