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Gitmo Manual Leaked Online

Wikileaks reveals what FOIA request could not

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(Newser) – A sensitive manual from the military's Guantanamo Bay facility has surfaced online, Wired News reports. It lays out exacting instructions for psychologically manipulating detainees, dealing with hunger strikes, rewarding prisoners with “comfort items” like extra toilet paper, and evading Red Cross inspectors. The administration promised the Red Cross full access, but guards are instructed in the manual to deny even visual access to certain detainees.

The 238-page document appeared on Wikileaks, after four years of Freedom of Information Act requests from the ACLU failed to yield access to it. It appears genuine, and is signed by Major-General Geoffrey Miller, who reportedly introduced harsh interrogation techniques like stress positioning to Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. The manual evokes Abu Ghraib images, telling guards to use dogs to intimidate prisoners.

FILE ** A Guantanamo detainee sits alone inside a fenced area during his daily outside period, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, detainees Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed, who have refused to eat for nearly...
FILE ** A Guantanamo detainee sits alone inside a fenced area during his daily outside period, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, detainees Abdul Rahman...   (Associated Press)
A detainee is moved by military guards at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba in this May 1, 2007 file photo. Critics have long complained that military panels at Guantanamo Bay recommend continued detention of inmates based on little evidence. Documents obtained by The Associated Press may...
A detainee is moved by military guards at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba in this May 1, 2007 file photo. Critics have long complained that military panels at Guantanamo Bay recommend...   (Associated Press)
US troopers walk on a road as the sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this Dec. 7, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official. The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo...
US troopers walk on a road as the sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this Dec. 7, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official....   (Associated Press)
The sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
The sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)   (Associated Press)
US military personnel inspect each occupied cell on a two-minute cycle at Camp 5 maximum-security facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
US military personnel inspect each occupied cell on a two-minute cycle at Camp 5 maximum-security facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)   (Associated Press)
A US military guard stands in a watch tower at Guantanamo detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. Many of the detainees at Guantanamo have been held since 2002. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A US military guard stands in a watch tower at Guantanamo detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. Many of the detainees at Guantanamo have been held since...   (Associated Press)
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