Lawrence Di Rita, spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, told reporters that U.S. investigators had re-interviewed the unidentified prisoner on May 14.
“He has said it didn’t happen,” Di Rita said.
Another spokesman, Bryan Whitman, said the detainee “indicated, when asked about the desecration, that he was not knowledgeable of anything.” link
If I remember correctly, victims released from the Abu Ghraib facility in the wake of the unauthorized photography incidents were required to sign a statement saying they had been treated humanely and would not discuss the matter further subsequent to their release.
I don’t know what the Guantanamo victims were required to sign, but it would appear that Washington is taking a tough stance on violators, and we can expect more chatty victims to respond to re-interrogation as promptly and definitively as this one has.
Well lets see, we can dislocate both arms, beat his thighs and calfs black and blue, pour water up his nose while holding his mouth. We can hit him in the ribs with a bar of soap in a sock, make him kneel for 12 hours, hang him by his arms for two days and then I am sure he will recant his story that the policies of the US Government are designed to protect his human rights. Bushco you are Guilty of War Crimes.
What remedy does the DoD offer for independent verification of this information?
Yes – I’m being facetious.
“A Pack of Lies!” was George Galloway’s crystal clear message in the hearings last week.
I think we should keep using it and repeating it as much as we can.