Author: U. S. Military
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521308851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This is a reproduction of an important official FBI report about allegations of detainee mistreatment at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (JTF-GTMO, GITMO), the Abu Ghraib prison, and War on Terror enemy combatants. The report found that after FBI agents in GTMO and other military zones were confronted with interrogators from other agencies who used more aggressive interrogation techniques than the techniques that the FBI had successfully employed for many years, the FBI decided that it would not participate in joint interrogations of detainees with other agencies in which techniques not allowed by the FBI were used. The review determined that the vast majority of FBI agents complied with FBI interview policies and separated themselves from interrogators who used non-FBI techniques. In a few instances, FBI agents used or participated in interrogations during which techniques were used that would not normally be permitted in the United States. These incidents were infrequent and were sometimes related to the unfamiliar circumstances agents encountered in the military zones. They in no way resembled the incidents of detainee mistreatment that occurred at Abu Ghraib. Contents include: Chapter One: Introduction * Chapter Two: Factual Background * Chapter Three: Background Regarding Interrogation Policies * Chapter Four: The Early Development Of Fbi Policies Regarding Detainee Interviews And Interrogations * Chapter Five: Fbi Concerns About Military Interrogation At Guantanamo Bay * Chapter Six: The Fbi's Response To The Disclosure Of Detainee Mistreatment At Abu Ghraib Prison * Chapter Seven: Training Regarding Detainee Treatment Provided To Fbi Agents In The Military Zones * Chapter Eight: Fbi Observations Regarding Detainee Treatment In Guantanamo Bay * Chapter Nine: Fbi Observations Regarding Detainee Treatment In Afghanistan * Chapter Ten: Fbi Observations In Iraq * Chapter Eleven: Oig Review Of Allegations Of Misconduct By Fbi Employees In Military Zones * Chapter Twelve: Conclusions * III. Prior Reports Regarding Detainee Mistreatment * IV. Methodology of OIG Review of Knowledge of FBI Agents Regarding Detainee Treatment * A. The OIG June 2005 Survey * B. OIG Selection of FBI Personnel for. Interviews * C. OIG Treatment of Military Conduct * V. Organization of the OIG Report * CHAPTER TWO: FACTUAL BACKGROUND * I. The Changing Role of the FBI After September 11 * II. FBI Headquarters Organizational Structure for Military Zones * A. Counterterrorism Division * 1. International Terrorism Operations Sections * 2. Counterterrorism Operations Response Section * B. Critical Incident Response Group. * C. Office of General Counsel. * III. Other DO J Entities Involved in Overseas Detainee Matters * IV. Inter-Agency Entities and Agreements Relating to Detainee Matters * A. The Policy Coordinating Committee * B. Inter-Agency Memorandums of Understanding * V. Background Regarding the FBI's Role in the Military Zones * A. Afghanistan * 1. Military Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission * 3. FBI Deployments * 4. Organizational Structure of the FBI in Afghanistan * 5. FBI Activities in Afghanistan * B. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba * 1. Military Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission * 3. FBI Deployments * 4. FBI Organizational Structure at GTMO * 5. FBI Activities at GTMO * C. Iraq * 1. Military and CIA Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission in Iraq * 3. FBI Deployments to Iraq * 4. Organizational Structure of the FBI in Iraq * 5. FBI Activities in Iraq * CHAPTER THREE: BACKGROUND REGARDING INTERROGATION POLICIES
The FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq - Counterterrorism, GITMO, Abu Zubaydah, Torture Techniques, Waterboarding, Abu Ghraib
Author: U. S. Military
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521308851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This is a reproduction of an important official FBI report about allegations of detainee mistreatment at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (JTF-GTMO, GITMO), the Abu Ghraib prison, and War on Terror enemy combatants. The report found that after FBI agents in GTMO and other military zones were confronted with interrogators from other agencies who used more aggressive interrogation techniques than the techniques that the FBI had successfully employed for many years, the FBI decided that it would not participate in joint interrogations of detainees with other agencies in which techniques not allowed by the FBI were used. The review determined that the vast majority of FBI agents complied with FBI interview policies and separated themselves from interrogators who used non-FBI techniques. In a few instances, FBI agents used or participated in interrogations during which techniques were used that would not normally be permitted in the United States. These incidents were infrequent and were sometimes related to the unfamiliar circumstances agents encountered in the military zones. They in no way resembled the incidents of detainee mistreatment that occurred at Abu Ghraib. Contents include: Chapter One: Introduction * Chapter Two: Factual Background * Chapter Three: Background Regarding Interrogation Policies * Chapter Four: The Early Development Of Fbi Policies Regarding Detainee Interviews And Interrogations * Chapter Five: Fbi Concerns About Military Interrogation At Guantanamo Bay * Chapter Six: The Fbi's Response To The Disclosure Of Detainee Mistreatment At Abu Ghraib Prison * Chapter Seven: Training Regarding Detainee Treatment Provided To Fbi Agents In The Military Zones * Chapter Eight: Fbi Observations Regarding Detainee Treatment In Guantanamo Bay * Chapter Nine: Fbi Observations Regarding Detainee Treatment In Afghanistan * Chapter Ten: Fbi Observations In Iraq * Chapter Eleven: Oig Review Of Allegations Of Misconduct By Fbi Employees In Military Zones * Chapter Twelve: Conclusions * III. Prior Reports Regarding Detainee Mistreatment * IV. Methodology of OIG Review of Knowledge of FBI Agents Regarding Detainee Treatment * A. The OIG June 2005 Survey * B. OIG Selection of FBI Personnel for. Interviews * C. OIG Treatment of Military Conduct * V. Organization of the OIG Report * CHAPTER TWO: FACTUAL BACKGROUND * I. The Changing Role of the FBI After September 11 * II. FBI Headquarters Organizational Structure for Military Zones * A. Counterterrorism Division * 1. International Terrorism Operations Sections * 2. Counterterrorism Operations Response Section * B. Critical Incident Response Group. * C. Office of General Counsel. * III. Other DO J Entities Involved in Overseas Detainee Matters * IV. Inter-Agency Entities and Agreements Relating to Detainee Matters * A. The Policy Coordinating Committee * B. Inter-Agency Memorandums of Understanding * V. Background Regarding the FBI's Role in the Military Zones * A. Afghanistan * 1. Military Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission * 3. FBI Deployments * 4. Organizational Structure of the FBI in Afghanistan * 5. FBI Activities in Afghanistan * B. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba * 1. Military Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission * 3. FBI Deployments * 4. FBI Organizational Structure at GTMO * 5. FBI Activities at GTMO * C. Iraq * 1. Military and CIA Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission in Iraq * 3. FBI Deployments to Iraq * 4. Organizational Structure of the FBI in Iraq * 5. FBI Activities in Iraq * CHAPTER THREE: BACKGROUND REGARDING INTERROGATION POLICIES
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521308851
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This is a reproduction of an important official FBI report about allegations of detainee mistreatment at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (JTF-GTMO, GITMO), the Abu Ghraib prison, and War on Terror enemy combatants. The report found that after FBI agents in GTMO and other military zones were confronted with interrogators from other agencies who used more aggressive interrogation techniques than the techniques that the FBI had successfully employed for many years, the FBI decided that it would not participate in joint interrogations of detainees with other agencies in which techniques not allowed by the FBI were used. The review determined that the vast majority of FBI agents complied with FBI interview policies and separated themselves from interrogators who used non-FBI techniques. In a few instances, FBI agents used or participated in interrogations during which techniques were used that would not normally be permitted in the United States. These incidents were infrequent and were sometimes related to the unfamiliar circumstances agents encountered in the military zones. They in no way resembled the incidents of detainee mistreatment that occurred at Abu Ghraib. Contents include: Chapter One: Introduction * Chapter Two: Factual Background * Chapter Three: Background Regarding Interrogation Policies * Chapter Four: The Early Development Of Fbi Policies Regarding Detainee Interviews And Interrogations * Chapter Five: Fbi Concerns About Military Interrogation At Guantanamo Bay * Chapter Six: The Fbi's Response To The Disclosure Of Detainee Mistreatment At Abu Ghraib Prison * Chapter Seven: Training Regarding Detainee Treatment Provided To Fbi Agents In The Military Zones * Chapter Eight: Fbi Observations Regarding Detainee Treatment In Guantanamo Bay * Chapter Nine: Fbi Observations Regarding Detainee Treatment In Afghanistan * Chapter Ten: Fbi Observations In Iraq * Chapter Eleven: Oig Review Of Allegations Of Misconduct By Fbi Employees In Military Zones * Chapter Twelve: Conclusions * III. Prior Reports Regarding Detainee Mistreatment * IV. Methodology of OIG Review of Knowledge of FBI Agents Regarding Detainee Treatment * A. The OIG June 2005 Survey * B. OIG Selection of FBI Personnel for. Interviews * C. OIG Treatment of Military Conduct * V. Organization of the OIG Report * CHAPTER TWO: FACTUAL BACKGROUND * I. The Changing Role of the FBI After September 11 * II. FBI Headquarters Organizational Structure for Military Zones * A. Counterterrorism Division * 1. International Terrorism Operations Sections * 2. Counterterrorism Operations Response Section * B. Critical Incident Response Group. * C. Office of General Counsel. * III. Other DO J Entities Involved in Overseas Detainee Matters * IV. Inter-Agency Entities and Agreements Relating to Detainee Matters * A. The Policy Coordinating Committee * B. Inter-Agency Memorandums of Understanding * V. Background Regarding the FBI's Role in the Military Zones * A. Afghanistan * 1. Military Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission * 3. FBI Deployments * 4. Organizational Structure of the FBI in Afghanistan * 5. FBI Activities in Afghanistan * B. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba * 1. Military Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission * 3. FBI Deployments * 4. FBI Organizational Structure at GTMO * 5. FBI Activities at GTMO * C. Iraq * 1. Military and CIA Operations and Detention Facilities * 2. The FBI's Mission in Iraq * 3. FBI Deployments to Iraq * 4. Organizational Structure of the FBI in Iraq * 5. FBI Activities in Iraq * CHAPTER THREE: BACKGROUND REGARDING INTERROGATION POLICIES
Getting Away with Torture
Author: Reed Brody
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564327895
Category : Abuse of administrative power
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Recommendations -- Background: official sanction for crimes against detainees -- Torture of detainees in US counterterrorism operations -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Appendix: foreign state proceedings regarding US detainee mistreatment -- Acknowledgments and methodology.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564327895
Category : Abuse of administrative power
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Recommendations -- Background: official sanction for crimes against detainees -- Torture of detainees in US counterterrorism operations -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Appendix: foreign state proceedings regarding US detainee mistreatment -- Acknowledgments and methodology.
A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Author: United States. Department of Justice. Oversight and Review Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
"This Executive Summary summarizes the results of the review conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) involvement and observations of detainee interrogations in Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Afghanistan, and Iraq. The focus of our review was whether FBI agents witnessed incidents of detainee abuse in the military zones, whether FBI employees reported any such abuse to their superiors or others, and how those reports were handled. The OIG also examined whether FBI employees participated in any detainee abuse. In addition, we examined the development and adequacy of the policies, guidance, and training that the FBI provided to the agents it deployed to the military zones"--Executive summary.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
"This Executive Summary summarizes the results of the review conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) involvement and observations of detainee interrogations in Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Afghanistan, and Iraq. The focus of our review was whether FBI agents witnessed incidents of detainee abuse in the military zones, whether FBI employees reported any such abuse to their superiors or others, and how those reports were handled. The OIG also examined whether FBI employees participated in any detainee abuse. In addition, we examined the development and adequacy of the policies, guidance, and training that the FBI provided to the agents it deployed to the military zones"--Executive summary.
Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Author: Glenn A. Fine
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437918689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This review focuses on: whether FBI agents witnessed incidents of detainee abuse in the military zones of Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq; whether FBI employees reported any such abuse to their superiors or others; and how these reports were handled. This review also examined whether FBI employees participated in any detainee abuse. In addition, it examined the development and adequacy of the policies, guidance, and training that the FBI provided to the agents it deployed to the military zones. This review focused primarily on the activities and observations of the approximately 1,000 FBI agents who were deployed to military facilities under the control of the Dept. of Defense between 2001 and 2004. Illustrations.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437918689
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This review focuses on: whether FBI agents witnessed incidents of detainee abuse in the military zones of Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq; whether FBI employees reported any such abuse to their superiors or others; and how these reports were handled. This review also examined whether FBI employees participated in any detainee abuse. In addition, it examined the development and adequacy of the policies, guidance, and training that the FBI provided to the agents it deployed to the military zones. This review focused primarily on the activities and observations of the approximately 1,000 FBI agents who were deployed to military facilities under the control of the Dept. of Defense between 2001 and 2004. Illustrations.
A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Author: United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"This Executive Summary summarizes the results of the review conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) involvement and observations of detainee interrogations in Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Afghanistan, and Iraq. The focus of our review was whether FBI agents witnessed incidents of detainee abuse in the military zones, whether FBI employees reported any such abuse to their superiors or others, and how those reports were handled. The OIG also examined whether FBI employees participated in any detainee abuse. In addition, we examined the development and adequacy of the policies, guidance, and training that the FBI provided to the agents it deployed to the military zones"--Executive summary.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"This Executive Summary summarizes the results of the review conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) involvement and observations of detainee interrogations in Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Afghanistan, and Iraq. The focus of our review was whether FBI agents witnessed incidents of detainee abuse in the military zones, whether FBI employees reported any such abuse to their superiors or others, and how those reports were handled. The OIG also examined whether FBI employees participated in any detainee abuse. In addition, we examined the development and adequacy of the policies, guidance, and training that the FBI provided to the agents it deployed to the military zones"--Executive summary.
A Review of the Fbi's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq .
Author: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722356989
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
A review of the FBI's involvement in and observations of detainee interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq .
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722356989
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
A review of the FBI's involvement in and observations of detainee interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq .
The War Within
Author: Bob Woodward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471104656
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
In his fourth book on President George W. Bush and his controversial 'War on Terror,' Bob Woodward takes us behind closed doors, into the hidden rooms of the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and US intelligence agencies, where the details of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were fiercely debated and eventually determined. Today, the Iraq War is a major source of contention around the world, and may become the defining political, social and moral issue of this brief period in American history. In an attempt to understand the Bush presidency, and its divisive legacy, Woodward examines this conflict at its source: in Washington D.C. This fast-paced, groundbreaking book includes never-before-published information, as Woodward draws upon his vast experience a veteran political journalist to provide a richly detailed and meticulously researched examination of the war in Iraq over the past two years. In The War Within, Woodward expands upon his study of the Bush administration in his previous three books, with his signature authoritative, measured, and deeply human sense of perspective.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471104656
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
In his fourth book on President George W. Bush and his controversial 'War on Terror,' Bob Woodward takes us behind closed doors, into the hidden rooms of the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and US intelligence agencies, where the details of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were fiercely debated and eventually determined. Today, the Iraq War is a major source of contention around the world, and may become the defining political, social and moral issue of this brief period in American history. In an attempt to understand the Bush presidency, and its divisive legacy, Woodward examines this conflict at its source: in Washington D.C. This fast-paced, groundbreaking book includes never-before-published information, as Woodward draws upon his vast experience a veteran political journalist to provide a richly detailed and meticulously researched examination of the war in Iraq over the past two years. In The War Within, Woodward expands upon his study of the Bush administration in his previous three books, with his signature authoritative, measured, and deeply human sense of perspective.
Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detention of unlawful combatants
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detention of unlawful combatants
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Forever Prisoner
Author: Cathy Scott-Clark
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802158943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, exposes the full story behind the most divisive CIA operation in living memory. Six months after 9/11, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah and announced he was number three in Al Qaeda. Frantic to thwart a much-feared second wave of attacks, the U.S. rendered him to a secret black site in Thailand, where he collided with retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell. Arguing that Abu Zubaydah had been trained to resist interrogation and was withholding vital clues, the CIA authorized Mitchell and others to use brutal “enhanced interrogation techniques” that would have violated U.S. and international laws had not government lawyers rewritten the rulebook. In The Forever Prisoner, Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy recount dramatic scenes inside multiple black sites around the world through the eyes of those who were there, trace the twisted legal justifications, and chart how enhanced interrogation, a key “weapon” in the global “War on Terror,” metastasized over seven years, encompassing dozens of detainees in multiple locations, some of whom died. Ultimately that war has cost 8 trillion dollars, 900,000 lives, and displaced 38 million people—while the U.S. Senate judged enhanced interrogation was torture and had produced zero high-value intelligence. Yet numerous men, including Abu Zubaydah, remain imprisoned in Guantanamo, never charged with any crimes, in contravention of America’s ideals of justice and due process, because their trials would reveal the extreme brutality they experienced. Based on four years of intensive reporting, on interviews with key protagonists who speak candidly for the first time, and on thousands of previously classified documents, The Forever Prisoner is a powerful chronicle of a shocking experiment that remains in the headlines twenty years after its inception, even as US government officials continue to thwart efforts to expose war crimes. Silenced by a CIA pledge to keep him imprisoned and incommunicado forever, Abu Zubaydah speaks loudly through these pages, prompting the question as to whether he and others remain detained not because of what they did to us but because of what we did to them.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802158943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Some argued it would save the U.S. after 9/11. Instead, the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program came to be defined as American torture. The Forever Prisoner, a primary source for the recent HBO Max film directed by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, exposes the full story behind the most divisive CIA operation in living memory. Six months after 9/11, the CIA captured Abu Zubaydah and announced he was number three in Al Qaeda. Frantic to thwart a much-feared second wave of attacks, the U.S. rendered him to a secret black site in Thailand, where he collided with retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell. Arguing that Abu Zubaydah had been trained to resist interrogation and was withholding vital clues, the CIA authorized Mitchell and others to use brutal “enhanced interrogation techniques” that would have violated U.S. and international laws had not government lawyers rewritten the rulebook. In The Forever Prisoner, Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy recount dramatic scenes inside multiple black sites around the world through the eyes of those who were there, trace the twisted legal justifications, and chart how enhanced interrogation, a key “weapon” in the global “War on Terror,” metastasized over seven years, encompassing dozens of detainees in multiple locations, some of whom died. Ultimately that war has cost 8 trillion dollars, 900,000 lives, and displaced 38 million people—while the U.S. Senate judged enhanced interrogation was torture and had produced zero high-value intelligence. Yet numerous men, including Abu Zubaydah, remain imprisoned in Guantanamo, never charged with any crimes, in contravention of America’s ideals of justice and due process, because their trials would reveal the extreme brutality they experienced. Based on four years of intensive reporting, on interviews with key protagonists who speak candidly for the first time, and on thousands of previously classified documents, The Forever Prisoner is a powerful chronicle of a shocking experiment that remains in the headlines twenty years after its inception, even as US government officials continue to thwart efforts to expose war crimes. Silenced by a CIA pledge to keep him imprisoned and incommunicado forever, Abu Zubaydah speaks loudly through these pages, prompting the question as to whether he and others remain detained not because of what they did to us but because of what we did to them.
The Guantanamo Effect
Author: Laurel Emile Fletcher
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520945220
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book, based on a two-year study of former prisoners of the U.S. government’s detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, reveals in graphic detail the cumulative effect of the Bush administration’s "war on terror." Scrupulously researched and devoid of rhetoric, the book deepens the story of post-9/11 America and the nation’s descent into the netherworld of prisoner abuse. Researchers interviewed more than sixty former Guantánamo detainees in nine countries, as well as key government officials, military experts, former guards, interrogators, lawyers for detainees, and other camp personnel. We hear directly from former detainees as they describe the events surrounding their capture, their years of incarceration, and the myriad difficulties preventing many from resuming a normal life upon returning home. Prepared jointly by researchers with the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, and the International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Guantánamo Effect contributes significantly to the debate surrounding the U.S.’s commitment to international law during war time.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520945220
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book, based on a two-year study of former prisoners of the U.S. government’s detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, reveals in graphic detail the cumulative effect of the Bush administration’s "war on terror." Scrupulously researched and devoid of rhetoric, the book deepens the story of post-9/11 America and the nation’s descent into the netherworld of prisoner abuse. Researchers interviewed more than sixty former Guantánamo detainees in nine countries, as well as key government officials, military experts, former guards, interrogators, lawyers for detainees, and other camp personnel. We hear directly from former detainees as they describe the events surrounding their capture, their years of incarceration, and the myriad difficulties preventing many from resuming a normal life upon returning home. Prepared jointly by researchers with the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, and the International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Guantánamo Effect contributes significantly to the debate surrounding the U.S.’s commitment to international law during war time.