Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Guantanamo General won't be reprimanded

Army Major General Geoffrey Miller, who was head of the Guantanamo prison facility during a period where abuses allegedly occurred, won't be reprimanded. General Bantz Craddock, commander of the US Southern Command, overruled the recommendations of an Air Force three-star and an Army brigadier, concluding that General Miller did not violate any US laws and policies.

The primary 'offenses' that occurred under Miller were:

•Female interrogators inappropriately touched detainees, including rubbing perfume on one and massaging another's back. Investigators documented that a woman in one case smeared what she described as menstrual blood — it was fake — on a prisoner, but they recommended no further action on the allegation because it happened some time ago.

- Interrogators threatened one high-value prisoner by saying they would go after his family. This was in violation of U.S. military law, the investigation found.

- Military interrogators impersonated FBI and State Department agents. This practice was stopped after the FBI complained.

- Interrogators improperly used duct tape on a detainee. An FBI agent said a prisoner was bound on the head with duct tape, his mouth covered, because he was chanting verses from the Quran.

- Interrogators used cold, heat, loud music and sleep deprivation on prisoners to break their will to resist interrogation. These techniques were approved at certain times at Guantanamo.

- Chaining a detainee to the floor in a fetal position was not authorized; however, the investigation could not confirm an FBI agent's allegation that detainees were left in this position for long periods.


Rubbing perfume on a prisoner!

Massaging his back!!

Duct tape!!!

The horror.

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