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Primary Sources: Gitmo Interrogations (Video and Memos)
We knew Gitmo had juvie, but this video really hammers home just what 'juvenile interrogation' means. From the Guardian, above is the alleged first live action peek into a Guantanamo interrogation. The subject? Sobbing Canadian 16-year-old (at the time) Omar Khadr.
Knowing how we got to this point doesn't make it any more palatable. But it does make this treasure trove of internal memos and primary source documents I stumbled across recently while fact-checking even more revealing.
For example, check out the 'milder' options listed in this Joint Task Force Guantanamo 2002 internal memo (PDF) which starts with "SUBJECT: Request for Approval of Counter-Resistance Strategies":
"Switching the detainee from hot rations to MREs...forced grooming (shaving of facial hair, etc.)...Using detainees [SIC] individual phobias (such as fear of dogs) to induce stress."
Even more poignant is this passage from the infamous 2002 Bybee memo (37 page PDF):
It is our understanding that your Department is considering two basic plans regarding the treatment of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban militia detained during the Afghanistan conflict. First, the Defense Department intends to make available a facility at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ("GTMO"), for the long-term detention of these individuals.
There's something about looking at the actual memos that preceded everything we know now that makes these primary source documents particularly painful—and important—to examine.
—Nichole Wong
Comments
Awww look at the poor litte Jihadi ... they should have left him to bleed to death. A bullet certainly would have been cheaper that this media charade.
"Switching the detainee from hot rations to MREs..."
Holy [deleted]!!
We've been TORTURING our Own Servicemen & women in the Field!!
Bring the DOD up on Charges!!
Posted by: Cruel & Unusual on 07/16/08 at 7:43 PM Respond
Hey Bubba,
He was fighting against a military force that invaded the country. If this nation were invaded, and you, or your son, were to fight against the invaders, would that make you a 'Jihadi'.
Staying at home and *not* engaging in 'regime change' on the other side of the world would be a whole hell of a lot cheaper.
Posted by: DaveD on 07/17/08 at 4:24 AM Respond
Hey David.
Omar Khadr is a [deleted] Canadian born and bred, not Afghani. He and his fellow insect brethren were the invading armies spreading their little jihad to the locals.
Posted by: Ragin Bubba on 07/18/08 at 8:31 AM Respond
Hey Ragin, the KID was 15!! when he was captured. You think he chose to be in the field in Afghanistan? You're OK with torturing a 15 year old, you sick f___?
Posted by: Eric Ferguson on 07/18/08 at 12:02 PM Respond
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