After September 11, 2001, U.S. officials authorized the cruel treatment and torture of prisoners held in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo, and the CIA's secret prisons overseas.
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This is a Court-Martial of Staff Sergeant Peasgood who was accused of and pleaded guilty to mistreating, shocking and hitting three (3) Iraqi detainees with an M34 blasting device and stripped them of their clothing. His punishment is a ...
Article 15 Investigation proceeding wherein two (2) charges of abusing detainees was established against an enlisted (E3) person. The charges were: 1) On Nov. 22, 2003 the E3 stuck a detainee on the head with his hand; and 2) On Nov. 22, 2003 the ...
A soldier was convicted for threatening a detainee with a loaded weapon. Punishment includes: 180 day suspension, $250/month forfeiture for two months. The inquiry found that the soldier threatened and fired their weapon in an effort to scare ...
A soldier was convicted for striking a detainee and threatening the same detainee with a loaded weapon. In addition, the soldier was found to have attempted to impede an investigation by influencing sworn statements. He tried to prevent a ...
This Article 15 procedure was brought against a soldier who was present during an interrogation of a detainee at a jail facility in Iraq. The soldier was accused of punching the detainee with a closed fist; firing a weapon near his head; and ...
This is the verbatim record of the trial of USMC Lance Corporal Walter H. Laak who was tried for abusing detainees. He pleaded to all charges. His punishment was confinement for 120 days; Reduction to pay grade E-1; and discharge from the Marine ...
This is the Court Martial record of Specialist Timothy F. Canjar. It includes the charges against Spc. Canjar and his plea(s) as well as. Spc. Canjar was charged with: 1) dereliction of duty; 2) maltreatment of detainees (4 counts); 3) intent to ...
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Spc. Timothy F. Canjar who was accused of detainee abuse at Camp Bucca, Iraq in May 2003. See ACLU RDI 1322 and the other documents following in sequence.
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Spc. Timothy F. Canjar who was accused of detainee abuse at Camp Bucca, Iraq in May 2003. See ACLU RDI 1322 and the other documents following in sequence.
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Spc. Timothy F. Canjar who was accused of detainee abuse at Camp Bucca, Iraq in May 2003. See ACLU RDI 1322 and the other documents following in sequence.
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Spc. Timothy F. Canjar who was accused of detainee abuse at Camp Bucca, Iraq in May 2003. See ACLU RDI 1322 and the other documents following in sequence.
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Spc. Timothy F. Canjar who was accused of detainee abuse at Camp Bucca, Iraq in May 2003. See ACLU RDI 1322 and the other documents following in sequence.
This document relates to the Article 32 proceedings and Court-Martial of Spc. Timothy F. Canjar. The document include: 1) the Errata Sheet; 2) Record of Trial; 3) Certificate in Lieu of Receipt to demonstrate delivery of documents to the accused; ...
Article 32 Proceeding Charge Sheet for additional charges against Scott McKenzie for his role in abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The additional charges are: 1) obstruction of justice; and 2) attempt to impede investigation.
This letter from Lt. General McKiernen directs action on the charges against Sergeant McKenzie. Specifically, the charges are referred for trial by a General Court-Martial.
This Memo from the Army is dismissing, with prejudice, charges brought in a Court-Martial proceeding in exchange for the soldier pleading guilty to two (2) charges brought in an Article 15 proceeding. The investigation was in regards to ...
This Army memorandum concerns dismissing certain charges against a soldier involved in detainee abuse to avoid Court-Martial proceedings and the legal consequences of such an action. The contents of the memo refers to the soldier accepting a ...
This Army memorandum concerns dismissing certain charges against certain soldiers involved in detainee abuse to avoid Court-Martial proceedings and the legal consequences of such an action. The contents of the memo refers to the soldiers ...
This document is a heavily redacted Report by investigating officers pertaining to an AR-15 investigation in to a matter out of Forward Operating Base Raider, Tikrit, Iraq. There is no a narrative or discernible fact or specifics in the report.
This document is a letter from the defense counsel of an accused soldier for an adjournment in the proceedings for the soldier to be assigned new defense counsel and to allow that new counsel to prepare for trial in the matter. The facts of the ...
This Article 32 Proceedings concerns an accusation of an incident of detainee abuse at Camp Bucca. Iraq. The subject of the hearing is Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie, a female Master Sergeant and a Specialist accused of knocking down, punching and ...
This document is the continued transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie. This transcript picks-up after a recess in the hearing. It starts at 8:00 am on September 1, 2003 and recesses again at 5:05 pm on ...
This document is part of the transcript of the Article 32 proceeding against Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie. The transcript starts in the middle of counsel's questing of a witness, and concludes with the proceedings being recessed.
This Charge Sheet describes charges brought against Soldiers who staged a mock execution on an Iraqi boy (13-17 years old) by driving him to a field and firing live rounds near his head. They claim it was done to scare him off from looting. The ...
This is the transcript of the Article 32 Proceeding investigating the charges of detainee abuse committed by Sergeant Scott A. McKenzie and three other soldiers of detainees as they arrived at Camp Bucca on May 12, 2003. The charges include ...
This Article 32 proceeding concerns a hearing where defense request for witnesses, discovery, and general procedures for the Article 32 hearing were covered. The hearing was to present the charges to the accused; to determine thoroughly, and ...
Article 32 Findings on Abuse of Detainees at Camp Bucca, IO Report. Documents related to investigations of abuse of Iraqi detainees by four (4) military personnel. The Investigating officer's report finds by a preponderance of the evidence ...
Investigation into three (3) instances of abuse: one in which a looter were stripped of his clothing and released from custody; another where an Iraqi was accidently shot; and a third in which a detainee was repeatedly hit in the head with a ...
Mar. 23, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Investigative File (AR 15-6), Interview (Statement), UCMJ (Court-Martial) Physical assault, General, Nudity
The document is part of the Article 32 Proceeding charge package against Sgt. Scott A. McKenzie. It lists grammatical changes to be made to transcripts by page and line.
This memo appointing an Investigating Officer, signed by Janis Karpinski, is part of the Article 32 proceeding against Spc. Timothy F. Canjar for his role in detainee abuse at Camp Bucca, Iraq in May of 2003. Attached to the Letter of Appointment ...
Article 32 Proceeding Charge Sheet for charges against Scott McKenzie for his role in abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The charges are: 1) dereliction of duty; 2) maltreatment of detainees (three counts); 3) aiding and abetting in ...
Article 32 Proceeding Charge Sheet for charges against Scott McKenzie for his role in abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. The charges are: 1) dereliction of duty; 2) maltreatment of detainees (three counts); 3) aiding and abetting in ...
This is an Article 15 proceeding against a Military Police soldier who punched a detainee about his body with his fist after the detainee was already shackled. The soldier also faced charges of dereliction of duty by failing to secure the ...
Article 15 Proceeding against a soldier who used pepper spray on a detainee after the detainee threw a liquid of unknown substance from his cell on the soldiers. The Soldier states that the detainee threw a cup of liquid once, and then was ...