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551 the Constitution Project Index “24” (TV series), 253, 258, 335–36 as gateway to Guantánamo, 33–35, 65–68 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 63, 70, 104, 107 National Directorate of Security (NDS), 23, 83, 276, 322–26 A rendition, role in, 173–74 Aamer, Shaker, 47–48 black sites, 72–74, 172–73, 177–79 Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk (“underwear bomber”), 265, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission 319 (AIHRC), 24, 81, 83, 322, 324, 326 Abu Ghraib, 105–8 Afifi (Nik Abd-al Rahman bin Mustapha), 255 see also al-Jamadi, Manadel; Fay Report; Miller Report; Agiza, Ahmed, 165, 172, 175, 196, 200 Taguba Report Ahmed, Ibrahim Saeed, see al-Kuwaiti changes after Abu Ghraib, 114–16 al-Ani, Ibrahim Khalid Samir, 87–88 effect on U.S. policy, 7 al-Asad, Mohammed, 194, 198 England, Lynndie, 106 Al Farooq (training camp), 60 Frederick, Ivan, 106, 108 al-Faruq, Omar, 178 Graner, Charles, 95–96, 106–9 al-Ghuraba, see Ghuraba cell medical personnel and BSCTs, 224–26 al-Hajj, Sami, 40, 47, 64, 69, 227–28, 288, 291 mental effects, 291 al Hawsawi, Mustafa, 169 physical effects, 287–88 Al-Husayn, see Abu Zubaydah reactions, 339 al-Jamadi, Manadel (“Ice Man”), 95–97, 179–80 Alberto Mora, 46 responses to death of, 21, 101, 330–31 ICRC and Christophe Girod, 51–55 al-Kuwaiti, Abu Ahmed (Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed), 245–47 setup of interrogation operations, 104–5 Allbright, Ben, 111, 277 Abu Zubaydah (Zayn Al-Abedin Muhammed Al-Husayn) Allen, John, 326 CIA’s psychological assessment, 142 Allen, Mark, 272 interrogation techniques al-Libi, Abu Faraj, 188, 245–46 and medical professionals’ role, 206–11, 216–17 al-Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh, 172, 174, 178, 194, 261–62, 264 and veracity/value of intelligence gained, 248–53, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition 260–61 (UK), 198–99, 268 legal action on behalf of, 197 al-Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim, 48, 169, 177, 181–85, 188, 197, Lithuania, interrogation in, 192 210, 217 OLC memo on interrogation of, 144–45 Al Qaeda, application of Geneva Conventions to, 134–38 Poland, interrogation in, 182–85 al Qahtani, Mohammed, 39–40, 41, 221–22, 241, 245–46 Thailand, interrogation in, 177–82 al-Rawi, Bisher, 178, 196–97, 284–85, 287, 290, 292, 294 Addington, David, 36, 44, 131–32, 142, 144, 148, 153, 268 Al Saadi, Sami, 169, 172, 197, 268, 272–73 Afghanistan, 57–84 Al Shabab, 194–95, 321, 329–30 BSCTs, see Behavioral Science Consultant Teams al-Sharif, Khalid, 178–79, 270, 273–75 counterinsurgent strategy, development of, 75–81 al-Shoroeiya, see Shoroeiya Detention Facility at Parwan (DFIP), 76–77, 81, 82–84 Al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 168 early setup, 62–64 Alzery, Muhammed, 165, 172, 175, 200 “fog of war,” 59–62 American College of Physicians future of detention and U.S. role, 81–84 ethical obligations toward detainees, 234, 236, 238 The Constitution Project 551 The Report of The Constitution Project’s Task Force on Detainee Treatment American Medical Association (AMA) Iraq, 179–80 ethical obligations toward detainees, 230, 234, 235, Kosovo, 193–94 237–38 Lithuania, 188–92 American Psychiatric Association Morocco, 192–93 ethical obligations toward detainees, 234, 236–37 Poland, 182–86 American Psychological Association (APA) and PENS report Romania, 186–88 ethical obligations toward detainees, 234, 238–40 Salt Pit, see Salt Pit American Taliban, see Lindh, John Walker Somalia, 195–96 Amin, Mohammad Farik, see Zubair Thailand, 180–82 Anusauskas, Arvydas, 189–92 Blacksmith Hotel, 97, 109 Appendix M, see Army Field Manual on Interrogation Blair, Dennis, 244, 265, 314 Arar, Maher, 169–70, 172, 196, 201, 262, 285, 332 Blair, Tony, 199, 272 Army Field Manual on Interrogation, 23, 46, 63, 70, 75, 103, Bloche, M. Gregg, 225, 237, 258–59 105, 265, 313, 326, 329, 342 Boumediene v. Bush, 50, 157 Appendix M, 23, 265, 327–28 Boykin, William, 92 Asad, see al-Asad, Mohammed Bradbury, Steven, 149, 153–57, 160, 167, 213–15, 232, Ashcroft, John, 142, 146–48, 150, 196 248–49, 252–53, 335 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), 79, 130, Brand, William, 71–72 132–33, 138–39 Brant, David, 41, 42, 222 Breasseale, Todd, 21, 80 B Brennan, John, 314, 343–44 Bagram Air Base, 4, 6, 8, 62–66, 68–72, 74–78, 81, 84, 107, Britel, Abou Elkassim (Kassim el-Britel), 192–93, 196, 173, 177–78, 195–96, 251, 261, 276, 328 281–82, 291 Baheer, Ghairat, 179 Bryson, Jennifer, 276 Baker, Sean, 40 BSCTs, see Behavioral Science Consultant Teams (BSCTs) Balad (Iraq), 100–101, 102, 113 Bumgarner, Mike, 47 Banna, see el-Banna Bureau of Prisons (BOP), 228–31, 280 Barak, Aharon, 266 Burney, Paul, 219–22 Bashmilah, Mohamed, 177, 196 Bush, George W., 3, 4, 7, 33, 36, 41, 48, 62, 130, 156, 166, Battlefield Interrogation Facility (Camp Nama), 87–94 175, 177, 207–8, 250–51, 253–54, 261, 267–68, Beaver, Diane, 37–39, 90, 221, 258 314, 315, 320, 342–43 Begg, Moazzam, 65–66, 281, 283, 284, 285, 290, 292, 294, “Bush Six” 309 criminal complaint against, 267–68 Behavioral Science Consultant Teams (BSCTs) Bybee, Jay, 131, 135–36, 138–42, 144–47, 150–52 , 157–60, at Guantánamo, 37–38, 55, 219–24 208, 268 in Iraq and Afghanistan, 224–25 see also Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Surgeon General’s determination re BSCTs, 235 Belhadj, Abdel Hakim, 172, 181, 197–98, 268, 270–72, 273 C Bellinger, John, 131, 141, 156, 199, 200 Cambone, Stephen, 92–93 Belmar, Richard, 197 Cameron, David, 268 Biden, Joe, 168 Camp Bondsteel (Kosovo), 193–94 bin al Shibh, Ramzi, 169, 177, 183, 188, 192–93, 250–51, 333 Camp Bucca (Iraq), 115, 116–17, 276 bin Arshad, Masran, 254–55 Camp Cropper (Iraq), 87–88, 90 bin Attash, Hassan, 178, 251 Camp Delta (Guantánamo), 29–30, 35, 47 bin Attash, Walid, 48, 183, 184, 188, 216 Camp Iguana (Guantánamo), 48 bin Laden, Osama, 59–60, 269 Camp Nama, see Battlefield Interrogation Facility Library Tower plot, 250, 254, 256, 257 Camps 5, 6 & 7 (Guantánamo), 48–49, 224 meeting with Al Saadi, 272 Camp X-Ray (Guantánamo), 29–30, 37, 289 meeting with Belhadj, 271 Canada value of EITs in capturing, 11, 245–47 rendition, role in, 172 Zero Dark Thirty, 245, 335–36 Carrico, Terry, 36–37 bin Lep, Bashir (“Lillie”), 181, 255, 257 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) bin Mustapha, see Afifi high-value detainees’ accounts of CIA interrogation Birt, Angela, 71, 91 program, 215–18 biscuits, see Behavioral Science Consultant Teams (BSCTs) Inspector General Report, 21, 97, 149, 184, 209–11, 215, black sites, 177–96 217, 331 Afghanistan, 72–74, 172–73, 177–79 medical personnel, applicability of professional ethics, Djibouti, 194–95 234–36 552 The Constitution Project Index medical professionals’ role in treatment of prisoners in D CIA custody, 205–16 Dababa, Dilar, 94–95 Office of Medical Services (OMS), 154, 209, 242 Dalton, Jane, 39 guidelines on medical treatment of detainees, 212–15, Dark Prison (Afghanistan), 172–73, 177–79 235 Dayton, Keith, 87, 105 Red Cross findings on CIA interrogation program, 215–18 deaths in custody, 21, 22, 48, 49, 61–62, 66, 68–72, 69, 71, Rendition Group, 166–67, 194 74, 94–101, 104, 110–15, 174, 179–80, 182, 225–27, response to allegations of abuse, 101–4 276–78, 330–31 Salt Pit, see Salt Pit Deek, Khalil, 65 and Special Forces in Iraq, 87–104 Defense Department (DOD) suspicious deaths, 94–100 see also specific subject headings Cheney, Dick, 4, 131–32, 268, 319, 336, 342 Criminal Investigation Task Force, 41, 219 Church Report, 63, 74–76, 113, 225 differences of opinion re interrogation, 41–46 CIA, see Central Intelligence Agency medical personnel, applicability of professional ethics, civilian court system 234–36 use of by Obama Administration, 317–20 TCP Task Force statement, findings and Clarke, Richard, 166 recommendations, 7, 15, 16, 18–21 Claus, Joshua, 66, 68–70, 72 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 92, 174, 329 Clinton, Bill, 2, 17, 59, 131, 165–66, 320 re-engagement data, see recidivism Colvin, Richard, 323, 325 TCP Task Force findings and recommendations, 20–21 Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs), 34–35, 47, 211, Deghayes, Omar, 197, 284–85, 288–89, 292, 294 217, 295 Delahunty, Robert, 132–33, 135, 147, 157–58, 175 Combined Joint Task Forces (CJTFs) Department of, see other part of name CJTF-7, 91, 105, 179 Detainee Abuse Task Force, 113–14 CJTF-180, 63, 72, 75, 79 Detainee Interrogation Working Group, 43 Common Article 3, see Geneva Conventions Detainee Review Boards (DRBs), 78–81 Conboy, Ken, 256–57 detainees confessions see also specific topics and names efficacy of torture/EITs, see torture effect on, 279–94 false confessions, danger of, 258–62 long-term effects of detention and abuse, 287–94 Congress, role of, 337–46 mental effects, 289–94 historical perspective, 346–46 physical effects, 287–89 reactions to post–Sept.11 abuses, 339–44 release, practical issues upon, 280–87 consequences of U.S. policies, 267–94 economic hardship, 282–85 detainees, impact upon, 279–94 limited mobility, 285 detention operations, 267–75 procedures, establishment of, 286–87 international legal consequences, 267–68 stigma, 281–82 international political consequences, 269–75 Detainee Treatment Act, 155–56 operational consequences for U.S. military, 275–79 detention, see specific subject headings impact on relationship with foreign militaries, 278–79 Diaz, Walter, 95–97, 179–80 impact on U.S. personnel, 276–78 Diego Garcia base, 199 TCP Task Force findings and recommendations, 20 Dilawar Constitution of the U.S.
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