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Tortura de Guantanamo Sanctioned da Bush & da Rumsfeld
Lunedì 5 novembre 2007
LISA THOMPSON Una volta militari i ricercatori hanno interrogato il giudice Michael E. della contea de Erie. Dunlavey circa abuso segnalato del prigioniero durante il suo possesso all'accampamento della baia de Guantanamo per i terroristi ritenuti sospetto, Dunlavey ha detto loro che ottenesse la sua “marcia ordinasse„ dal presidente Bush, secondo un nuovo libro sugli Stati Uniti politiche per quanto riguarda tortura. Il libro, “gestione di tortura: Un'annotazione documentaria da Washington a Abu Ghraib e di là,„ conta sui documenti di governo ottenuti con la libertà della Legge delle informazioni per illustrare lo sviluppo di che cosa il reclamo degli autori era abuso e tortura del prigioniero che sono emerso come conseguenza di settembre. 11, 2001, attacchi del terrorista. Il libro usa le parole del Dunlavey per disporlo, un General pensionato della due-stella negli Stati Uniti Riserva dell'esercito, all'avvenimento dello sviluppo di che cosa hanno politiche disputate diventate di interrogazione. In una dichiarazione Dunlavey ha fornito negli Stati Uniti Il General di tenente dell'aeronautica che studia i rapporti di FBI degli abusi del detainee alla baia de Guantanamo, Dunlavey spiega che come capo delle interrogazioni a Guantanamo, ha segnalato direttamente al presidente Bush ed alla segretaria Donald Rumsfeld della allora-Difesa. Ha riconosciuto l'uso di musica forte e cani e prigionieri shackling nella posizione fetale durante le interrogazioni, ma ha sollecitato ripetutamente che il campione era di curare umanamente i detainees. L'indagine militare sui reclami di abuso alla baia de Guantanamo non ha trovato motivo rimproverare Dunlavey. Documento di origine: http://www.goerie.com/graphics/dunlavey Nella dichiarazione negli Stati Uniti Tenente dell'aeronautica. Il General Randall Schmidt, come ricapitolato e giurato da Schmidt, Dunlavey ha detto: Il *** Rumsfeld lo ha convocato ad una riunione su febbraio. 21 o 22, 2002, assistiti a da Rumsfeld, dal allora-Delegato segretaria di difesa Paul Wolfowitz e da altri. La data era di due settimane dopo Bush aveva pubblicato Al-Qaida negante direttivo ed i prigionieri di Taliban protezioni sotto le convenzioni di Ginevra. Il *** Dunlavey detto alla riunione, Rumsfeld gli ha detto che che il reparto di difesa avesse “ha accumulato un certo numero di tipi difettosi.„ Rumsfeld ha desiderato questi prigionieri consultati per identificare i capi maggiori di Taliban ed altri operatori ed ottenere le informazioni sui progetti per il futuro, Dunlavey hanno detto. “La nostra missione era di arrestare gli Americani dall'uccisione,„ Dunlavey detto, secondo il rapporto. *** Dunlavey, un esperto di intelligenza, ad esempio ha avuto esperienza di interrogazione resalg a guerra di Vietnam ed aveva condotto più di 3.000 interrogazioni. Rumsfeld needed a “common sense way to do business,” Dunlavey said. “The SECDEF (Secretary of Defense) said he wanted a product and he wanted intelligence now. He told me what he wanted; not how to do it.” *** Dunlavey said he was first directed to report to military officials, but then ordered to work more closely with President Bush. “The directions changed and I got my marching orders from the President of the United States,” Dunlavey said. “I was told by the SECDEF that he wanted me back in Washington, D.C., every week to brief him.” The new book also includes the now well-known October 2002 memo in which Dunlavey asked for permission to use more-aggressive interrogation tactics at the camp, including the use of dogs and extreme cold. ACLU’s role in book * Feb. 21 or 22, 2002: Erie County Judge Michael E. Dunlavey is summoned to a meeting with then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Dunlavey said Rumsfeld tells him the Department of Defense has accumulated “bad guys.” He wants the suspected Taliban and al-Qaida operatives questioned to learn their future plans. * Rumsfeld turns to Dunlavey because he had more than 30 years of intelligence experience and had conducted more than 3,000 interrogations, Dunlavey said. Dunlavey said Rumsfeld needed a “common sense” way to do business. * Dunlavey said Rumsfeld wanted “intelligence now.” * Dunlavey said he is told to report to Rumsfeld and the military, but was later told to report directly to Bush. * March 2002: Dunlavey takes over command of interrogations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center for suspected terrorists. * October 2002: Dunlavey issues a request for permission to pursue more aggressive interrogation tactics, including threats of imminent death, cold temperatures and scaring detainees with dogs. * Rumsfeld approved most of the requests in late 2002, but permission was later rescinded in early 2003. * November 2002: Dunlavey steps down from his post at Guantanamo, but continues to serve elsewhere. * August 2003 until March 2004: Dunlavey works as associate director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center. * March 2004: Dunlavey returns to the bench in Erie County Family Court. Authors Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh, lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, seek to link official military and civilian policies to the emergence of alleged prisoner abuse, torture and death in places such as the Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba, the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and elsewhere. They base their argument on documents the ACLU obtained from the government through a Freedom of Information Act request. “The Bush administration has professed a commitment to democracy and human rights and claimed solidarity with those who struggle against tyranny. But these documents show unambiguously that the administration has adopted some of the methods of the most tyrannical regimes,” the authors write. The Erie Times-News currently has an appeal pending over the Department of Defense’s refusal to release to the newspaper documents relating to Dunlavey’s tenure at Guantanamo. The summary of Dunlavey’s statement about practices at Guantanamo in the new book provides the first detailed account from Dunlavey, who has repeatedly said policy prevented him from commenting. Dunlavey, an Erie County Court judge, agreed Thursday through a spokesperson in his chambers to review questions about the book from the Erie Times-News and answer them if he felt they were “appropriate.” He had not yet responded Thursday night. He previously told the Erie Times-News that detainees at Guantanamo were “not prisoners of war the way we were trained for, or the (kind the) Geneva Conventions envisions.” However, he has said he believes the tactics developed for their interrogations were “consistent with the Geneva Conventions.” ‘I treated them as human beings’ Rumsfeld called Dunlavey from his seat on the Erie County Family Court bench in February 2002 and placed him in charge of interrogations at Guantanamo in March 2002. Dunlavey, 61, was elected judge in November 1999. Portions of Dunlavey’s role in the development of interrogation practices after 9/11 have been well-publicized. After the images of abuse and torture of prisoners emerged from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the government released a series of documents to explain the development of interrogation policy in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The government maintained, and many refuted, that what happened at Abu Ghraib was not the result of government policy. The Department of Defense released documents in June 2004 showing that while Dunlavey was commander at Guantanamo, he sought permission from Southern Command to use more extreme interrogation tactics, including convincing detainees that they and/or their families faced imminent death, scaring them with dogs, and exposing them to cold temperatures or water. Most of Dunlavey’s proposed methods, excluding the most severe, were approved by Rumsfeld in late 2002, but then retracted in early 2003. Dunlavey stepped down from his post at Guantanamo in early November 2002. For the first time in the new book, “Administration of Torture,” military documents that purport to show Dunlavey’s view of the mission at Guantanamo have been released. In the statement, as summarized by Schmidt, Dunlavey said the camp was in disarray when he arrived. “The facility consisted of literally a dangling fence,” he said. The detainees were not in control, he said. “They were shaking out their blankets and throwing food,” he said. Some threw feces on guards, fashioned weapons, even urinated on female interrogators, he said. The guards, he said, were living no better than the detainees were. Dunlavey also said most of the interrogators had little experience. “The linguists were worthless. They came out of school and could order coffee, but they were getting smoked by the detainees,” he said. Dunlavey acknowledged loud music, shouting, dogs, and shackling were used to intimidate or control detainees. But he denied they denied the prisoners food or water or allowed female interrogators to taunt the detainees with their bodies. He said he clearly communicated his task force rules. “The Geneva Conventions applied. I treated them as human beings, but not like soldiers. They had significant culture. The rugs and beads were significant to me. I let them practice religion,” he said. LISA THOMPSON can be reached at 870-1802 or by e-mail. The Book ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Have Your Say: Guantanamo Torture Sanctioned by Bush & Rumsfeld Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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