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The NCIS official report on the three Guantanamo deaths is riddled with contradictions
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Each prisoner was able somehow to bind his own hands, and, in at least one case, his own feet, then stuff more rags deep down into his own throat. We are then asked to believe that each prisoner, even as he was choking on those rags, climbed up on his washbasin, slipped his head through the noose, tightened it, and leapt from the washbasin to hang until he asphyxiated.The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:43:13 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:43:15 by carlg
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Although rigor mortis had already set in—indicating that the men had been dead for at least two hours—the NCIS report claims that an unnamed medical officer attempted to resuscitate one of the men, and, in attempting to pry open his jaw, broke his teeth.The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:43:50 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:43:50 by carlg
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The fact that at least two of the prisoners also had cloth masks affixed to their faces, presumably to prevent the expulsion of the rags from their mouths, went unremarked by the NCISThe Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:51:11 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:51:12 by carlg
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The report claimed that the prisoners had hung sheets or blankets to hide their activities and shaped more sheets and pillows to look like bodies sleeping in their beds, but it did not explain where they were able to acquire so much fabric beyond their tightly controlled allotmentThe Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:51:58 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:51:58 by carlg
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The report ... did not explain ... why the Navy guards would allow such an obvious and immediately observable deviation from permitted behaviorThe Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:53:06 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:53:06 by carlg
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Nor did the report explain how the dead men managed to hang undetected for more than two hoursThe Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:53:46 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:53:46 by carlg
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Nor did the report explain ... why the Navy guards on duty, having for whatever reason so grievously failed in their duties, were never disciplined.The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Added on 2010-01-18 19:55:07 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:55:07 by carlg
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A separate report, the result of an �informal investigation� initiated by Admiral Harris, found that standard operating procedures were violated that night but concluded that disciplinary action was not warranted because of the �generally permissive environment� of the cell block and the numerous �concessions� that had been made with regard to the prisoners� comfort, which �concessions� had resulted in a �general confusion by the guard and the JDG staff over many of the rules that applied to the guard force�s handling of the detainees.� According to Harris, even had standard operating procedures been followed, �it is possible that the detainees could have successfully committed suicide anyway.�The Guant�mo �Suicides�: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle Added on 2010-01-18 19:58:10 by carlgAdded on 2010-01-18 19:58:10 by carlg
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