Report on FBI allegations of Guantanamo detainee abuse [US DOD]

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Report on FBI allegations of Guantanamo detainee abuse [US DOD]

July 14, 2005 08:44:00 pm

Investigations into FBI Allegations of Detainee Abuse, US Department of Defense [DOD], released July 14, 2005 [report indicating that certain terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay were degraded and abused by interrogators, but not tortured]. Read the full text of the report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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