The CIA hid as many as 100 "ghost detainees" in military prisons in Iraq and is refusing to provide investigators with details, Army officials said Thursday.
Army investigations this spring confirmed at least eight detainees were held at Abu Ghraib prison by the CIA without registering them, meaning they were hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is charged with monitoring their well being.
However, a senior Army official told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday there could have been as many as "dozens to 100" ghost detainees.
Repeated attempts by the Army to get information regarding the prisoners have been rebuffed by the CIA.
"The situation with the ghost detainees and the CIA is beginning to look like a bad movie," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., once a prisoner of war himself.
Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., said he would schedule a hearing with the CIA to get to the bottom of the issue, suggesting the abuse scandal would not recede despite the coming presidential election.
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