WP- U.S. to Stop Certain Interrogation Practices

[maddezmom]

U.S. to Stop Certain Interrogation Practices
Commander Promises to Reduce Abu Ghraib Prison Population
By Sewell Chan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, May 4, 2004; 2:00 PM


BAGHDAD, May 4--The new U.S. commander overseeing Army-run prisons in Iraq has ordered military intelligence operatives to stop using sleep deprivation as an interrogation tactic and placing hoods over the heads of detainees.

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Miller said that interrogators cannot generally deprive prisoners of sleep or force them to sit or stand in uncomfortable positions, but he did not say there was an outright ban on those techniques. "We do not use stress positions, we do not use sleep deprivation, unless that is approved at the general-officer level," he said. "We follow the tenets of the Geneva Convention, and so the basics of the Geneva Convention -- shelter, medical care, food -- are never used as a manipulation tool."

Military guards who worked at Abu Ghraib last fall said it was common to limit sleep to four hours in a 24-hour period. Miller said that interrogations at Abu Ghraib now last from one to six hours, but did not specify a definition of how much sleep is adequate.

Miller also addressed his own indirect role in helping to set policies at Abu Ghraib last year, while he was still the commander at Guantanamo Bay. In August and September, he and about 30 aides paid a two-week visit to Iraq to make suggestions on how to make interrogations more efficient and effective

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much more in the article; http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A707-2004May4_2.html

God help us, if this is the guy rummy thinks will change the standards at the prison.

[maddezmom]

1. Miller was the architect of the command structure

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A key outcome of that visit was a recommendation to consolidate the supervision of military intelligence operatives, who supervise interrogations, and military police guards, who oversee the detainees. In November, a military intelligence brigade was put in overall control of Abu Ghraib, while a separate military brigade continued to run the detention operations.

In a March report, the leader of the administrative review, Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba concluded that the November decision led to a lack of communication and fragmentation of authority and created the conditions for the abuses to occur.

On Tuesday, Miller defended the command structure, which he has left intact. He said his recommendations had been only "partially implemented" during the months between his visit and his return as commander.
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[maddezmom]

2. kicking my own post

[John_H]

3. Lies. Does anyone remember the selective use of pain meds? Link?

[Just Me]

4. Re-writing history?

The "rats" are scrambling.

That's all I got to say,...about that!!!

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