the FBI War Crimes files
It seems timely to remind us of this report from a year ago:
from the report:
On a related note, Torturing Democracy (link to part 1 of video) provides either a bland indictment or summary judgment of Bush Admin detainee policies, depending on how you watch it.
In 2002, as evidence of prisoner mistreatment at Guantánamo Bay began to mount, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at the base created a "war crimes file" to document accusations against American military personnel, but were eventually ordered to close down the file, a Justice Department report [large pdf file] revealed Tuesday. -- NYT May 2008The report also covers Iraq and Afghanistan: See tables of Interrogation Techniques Observed, Tables 8.1, 9.1, and 10.1 (the pdf document is searchable).
from the report:
One SSA who served two rotations as OSC at GTMO told us that he initially told the agents to write up detainee abuse allegations to a "war crimes" file so the FBI could retrieve the information if it was needed for further investigation.
Some agents were told to record such allegations for inclusion in a "war crimes" file; others were told to include the allegations in their regular FD-302 interview summaries; and others told us they were instructed not to record such allegations at all.
In general, these reports did not appear to have had a significant impact on military practices at GTMO.
On a related note, Torturing Democracy (link to part 1 of video) provides either a bland indictment or summary judgment of Bush Admin detainee policies, depending on how you watch it.
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I'm assuming the Federal Bureau of Investigation link was supposed to go here. I watched part 1 of the video. It's worth watching and I'll watch the other two parts as well.
May 31, 2009 12:31 AM | Reply | Permalink