Allright, this is a short post, it is one I must put online. The standard operations manual for Guantanamo Bay got leaked not a long time ago via wikileaks.org. Unfortunately wikileaks is down/unreachable because it’s either overloaded, or for other reasons. I just got the pdf through other channels and I’m uploading it to a number of filesharing sites so you too can read what really happened.
Haven’t read the manual myself, just quickly browsed through it and decided this is something the citizens of this world deserve to see, so uploading and sharing is, for now, my first priority.
Brb soon (within minutes) with links to gitmo-sop.pdf these are direct links, so no torrents (when one dl fails please notify me via the comment section and try another mirror. Feel free to set up more mirrors). Links are below. Feel free to link to these mirrors but please provide a link back to this blog
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Update: OMG, some shocking things turn up in the first few pages such as the taking of DNA samples w/o any permission whatsoever… I’ll put some quotes online in the next few mins.
At arrival the detainees are taken through several stages and rooms, what appeareed to me as weird,e specially since it can become quite hot in Cuba was this (reference to equipment present in the rooms):
“4-6. In-Processing Procedures
a. Prior to detainee arrival, prepare and stage the
following:
(1) Water coolers with ice water and cups for
MPs
(2) Water cooler with water (without ice) and
cups for detainees
(…)”
On religious freedom and isolation:
“4-20. Behavior Management Plan
a. Phase One Behavior Management Plan (First
thirty days or as directed by JIG). The purpose of the
Behavior Management Plan is to enhance and exploit
the disorientation and disorganization felt by a newly
arrived detainee in the interrogation process. It
concentrates on isolating the detainee and fostering
dependence of the detainee on his interrogator. During
the first two weeks at Camp Delta, classify the
detainees as Level 5 and house in a Maximum Security
Unit (MSU) Block. During this time, the following
conditions will apply:
(1) Restricted contact: No ICRC or Chaplain
contact
(2) No books or mail privileges
(3) MREs for all meals.
(4) Basic comfort items only:
(a) ISO Mat
(b) One blanket
(c) One towel
(d) Toothpaste/finger toothbrush
(e) One Styrofoam cup
(f) Bar of soap
(g) Camp Rules
(h) No Koran, prayer beads, prayer cap.
(5) Mail writing and delivery will be at the
direction of the J-2.
b. Phase Two Behavior Management Plan. The
two-week period following Phase 1 will continue the
process of isolating the detainee and fostering
dependence on the interrogator. Until the JIG
Commander changes his classification, the detainee
will remain a Level 5 with the following:
(1) Continued MSU
(2) Koran, prayer beads and prayer cap
distributed by interrogator
(3) Contacts decided by interrogator
(4) Interrogator decides when to move the
detainee to general population”
To make sure there is no room for individual expression, to pass time for example, everything a ‘detainee’ does is taken away the next day because it an be ‘evidence’:
“5-2. Daily Reports
(…)
Examples of
potential evidence include but are not limited to:
(1) Evidence classified as “dangerous
contraband”
(2) Videotape of IRF movements or disturbances
(3) Evidence seized from a suicide attempt.
Examples of potential contraband include but are not
limited to:
(1) Drawings
(2) Modified items of linen
(3) Writing on cups.”
Medical:
“6-14. Medical Appointments
a. If medical says that they must be at the
appointment, then the detainee cannot refuse and must
go.
b. If medical says it can wait another day (minor
medical issue), allow the detainee to refuse, however;
they will be disciplined for failure to obey.”
Above are some of the more interesting parts from page 1-38. More will be posted soon
[…] November 15, 2007 by multesimus Excerpt from the document, download link to full pdf Guantanamo manual can be found here […]
[…] A few days ago, an old manual for Guantanamo Bay was released. I say “released”. Leaked, really. It should have been released, of course, but then it should have said that the Red Cross were allowed to talk to all the ‘detainees’ (which is a polite word for “prisoners”) so you can see why it wasn’t. None of the news reports I saw actually included a link to the document itself, which to me seems like it would be a pretty important thing to include (hence I did post a link, and if you can’t find it then a Google search for “gitmo-sop.pdf” will find a list of mirrors). […]