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Army Memo: Report of Substantiated Cases of Misconduct at Guantanamo
July 19, 2005 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 1534
This document is a response to an inquiry to cases of detainee abuse at Guantanamo. There are eleven (11) cases of substantiated misconduct, the incidents are not listed in chronological order.
AUTHORING AGENCIES:
RECEIVING AGENCIES:
METHODS MENTIONED:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
- 2002-09-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- A guard was charged with assault against a detainee for actions during an incident in September 2002. During that incident, detainees in a detention block were protesting and one detainee threw food out of his cell window (the portal in the door through which food and books are passed). The window was closed by a guard, and during a later check on the detainee, the detainee threw what was believed to be water from the toilet on the guard. The guard then attempted to spray the detainee with a hose.
- 2002-10-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In October 2002, an interrogator used duct tape to tape shut the mouth of a detainee who was being extremely disruptive during an interrogation. The tape did not harm the detainee.
- 2003-03-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In March 2003, an MP sprayed pepper spray on a detainee who was preparing to throw unidentified liquid on another MP during an Initial Response Force response.
- 2003-04-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- A guard was charged with dereliction of duty and assault on a detainee following an incident in April of 2003 that involved a disturbance in one of the detention blocks. One detainee who was already out of his cell assaulted another guard, and while the detainee was being subdued, the detainee bit the guard. After the detainee was subdued, the guard struck the detainee with his fist in which he held a handheld radio.
- 2003-04-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In April 2003, during the approach phase of an interrogation, a female interrogator took off her uniform top (her brown T-shirt was still worn), ran her fingers through the detainee's hair and sat on his lap.
- 2003-04-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
In early 2003 a female interrogator wiped dye from a red magic marker on a detainees' shirt after the detainee spit on her. She told the detainee the stain was blood.
- 2003-04-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- An interrogator in April 2003 used a "fear-up/harsh" technique by directing MPs to repeatedly bring the detainee from a standing to prone position and back. A review of medical records indicated superficial bruising to the detainee's knees.
- 2004-02-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In February 2004, a Camp barber intentionally gave two unusual haircuts, in an effort to frustrate detainee requests for similar haircuts, as a sign of detainee unity.
- 2004-02-24, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In February 2004, an MP was joking with a detainee and dared the detainee to throw water on him. The detainee did so and the MP squirted the detainee with water from a water bottle. The MP also engaged in inappropriate casual conversation with detainee.
- 2004-06-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In June 2004 a guard threw cleaning fluid on a detainee.
- 2004-10-01, Unknown, Guantanamo
- In October, 2004, a guard struck a detainee after the detainee spit on the guard and tried to bite the guard.