FD Editor Note: This is the “torture log” from the interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani. I urge you to take the time to read all of it. This happened near the beginning of Guantanamo, things became worse after this. Please take the time to read the entire thing. This was 9 years and 7 months ago.
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Citing dirty evidence to defend dubious detentions By Andy Worthington On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, the New York Times (11/3/08) published a front-page article headlined “Next President Will Face Test on Detainees,” which attempted to highlight the problems that Barack Obama will face in pursuing his pledge to close the Guantánamo April 28th, 2009 | Category: Guantanamo, Mohammed Al Qahtani, Torture |
 Leave a comment |  Print This | BY HERB JACKSON The Bush administration’s detention and treatment of suspected terrorists must be investigated by an independent commission, a former New Jersey attorney general who was the top lawyer on the 9/11 Commission told a Senate committee today. John Farmer, now in private practice in Chatham, told the March 5th, 2009 | Category: Guantanamo, Mohammed Al Qahtani, Torture |
Leave a comment | Print This | By The Editors A detainee in Guantánamo Bay. (Photo: Brennan Linsley/Associated Press) Susan Crawford, the senior Pentagon official who dismissed charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Guantánamo detainee, said in a published report on Wednesday that she had concluded that he had been tortured by interrogators. “His treatment met the legal definition of torture. By Simon Montlake A US official says released detainees are taking up arms against the US. A federal judge has ordered the release of an Al Qaeda suspect held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, because of insufficient evidence that the Chadian national was an “enemy combatant.” The judge told that court that much of the evidence Vice President Cheney gives an exit interview to Jim Lehrer tonight, a transcript of which was just released by the White House. Cheney is asked at length about his current approval rating and whether it makes him sad. It doesn’t. Cheney also responds to today’s Washington Post story in which Susan Crawford alleged that US agents at Guantanamo Bay tortured a Saudi man suspected of involvement in the 11 September attacks, the official overseeing trials at the camp has said. Susan Crawford told the Washington Post newspaper that Mohammad al-Qahtani had been left in a “life-threatening condition” after being interrogated. The Pentagon said their methods were legal in |
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