Torture victim's records lost at Guantánamo, admits camp general

[cal04]

Source: The Guardian

· No evidence of al-Qaida suspect's interrogation
· CCTV automatically recorded over tapes


The former head of interrogations at Guantánamo Bay found that records of an al-Qaida suspect tortured at the prison camp were mysteriously lost by the US military, according to a new book by one of Britain's top human rights lawyers.

Retired general Michael Dunlavey, who supervised Guantánamo for eight months in 2002, tried to locate records on Mohammed al-Qahtani, accused by the US of plotting the 9/11 attacks, but found they had disappeared.

The records on al-Qahtani, who was interrogated for 48 days - "were backed up ... after I left, there was a snafu and all was lost", Dunlavey told Philippe Sands QC, who reports the conversation in his book Torture Team, previewed last week by the Guardian. Snafu stands for Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.

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The CIA admitted last year that it destroyed videotapes of al-Qaida suspects being interrogated at a secret "black site" in Thailand. No proof has so far emerged that tapes of interrogations at Guantánamo were destroyed, but Sands' report suggests the US may have also buried politically sensitive proof relating to abuse by interrogators at the prison camp.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/guantanamo.humanrights

[gateley]

1. Oops. nt

[babylonsister]

2. A SNAFU?

:argh:

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Another set of documents is lost

My, but for a bunch that took an oath is uphold the law, this administration is really careless with evidence that could be used to prosecute a crime.

[Kaleko]

4. Oh, groan...

Church Lady: Now, isn't that convenient?

[Arctic Dave]

5. SNAFU, why are you idiots watching these

supposedly super hardened uber terr'ist then. Sounds like you would lose your sacs if they weren't between your legs.

[LaStrega]

6. SNAFU ... more like CU (aka cover up) n/t

[jeff30997]

7. "mysteriously lost by the US military"

Gee.They really have no luck when it comes to sensitives documents isn't it.I bet it have something to do with that old Egyptian malediction:The Curse of Pharaoh Snafu Fubar VI.

[Eugene]

8. Not to worry...

Snafus happen all the time. The court will probably give our boys at Gitmo
the benefit of the doubt over an obviously honest mistake.

:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[OKthatsIT]

9. Runaway Crime Govt strikes again

[shanti]

10. mistakes were made

:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

11. They'd lose our records even faster. n/t

[Solly Mack]

12. it really chaps my ass that this stuff has to be leaked out through book deals

because part of "my" government refuses to do its job...the Press can't be counted on for shit ....and the other part of "my" government, well, they're busy torturing people and wondering what all the fuss is about

[happygoluckytoyou]

13. SINCE THE DAYS OF NIXON---->

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS DETERMINED THAT "I LOST IT" SOUNDS BETTER THAN "WE ARE FUCKED"

FROM SECRET MEMOS AND COMPUTER DISKS TO THIS.....
....ANY TIME THEY CANT FIND IT... WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS

--------- A REASON JOHN "THE REPUBLICAN" MCCAIN AND HIS FADING MEMORY WILL FIT RIGHT IN

[DetlefK]

14. That's easy to prevent.

The democrats could pass a law in 2009:
If you fail to reproduce a file/record in a trial or hearing, or if you destroy a file/record without filling out a form and getting permission to do so from the responsible Pentagon-bureau, you will land in the slammer for no less than 2 years. (Dishonorful discharge included.)

[annabanana]

15. Like there's ANYONE here who couldn't see this coming.. . . .n/t

[MaineDem]

16. Doesn't this all make your head want to explode

And I bet they were lost under orders. This administration is corrupt and needs to be held accountable once they leave office.

[Nihil]

17. "Oh ..."

"What now?"
"... The cat's eaten it."
:banghead: