Review of Department of Defense Detention and Interrogation Operations: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, May 7, 11, 19, July 22, September 9, 2004U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 1474 pages Helicopters, discusses how helicopters fly and the various ways that helicopters are used in todays world. This title features a table of contents, glossary, index, vivid color photographs and diagrams, photo labels, sidebars, and recommended web sites for further exploration. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 24
... prison . They weren't trained to do the job , and they assigned far too few guards to the prison that were required to do the job right . They relied on the civilian contractors to perform military duties , as I understand it ...
... prison . They weren't trained to do the job , and they assigned far too few guards to the prison that were required to do the job right . They relied on the civilian contractors to perform military duties , as I understand it ...
Page 25
... prison . That's correct . The prison officials began the process of making corrections , and General Taguba's report found that a number of those things were already underway , in terms of corrections . When he made his study , a number ...
... prison . That's correct . The prison officials began the process of making corrections , and General Taguba's report found that a number of those things were already underway , in terms of corrections . When he made his study , a number ...
Page 26
... prison suggesting that they commit these abuses at the behest of the military interrogators , who asked the MP to " soften up " the de- tainees to prepare them for the interrogation . This gets back to the opening statement by Senator ...
... prison suggesting that they commit these abuses at the behest of the military interrogators , who asked the MP to " soften up " the de- tainees to prepare them for the interrogation . This gets back to the opening statement by Senator ...
Page 28
... prison charges known to the White House . BYLINE : Edwin Chen , John Hendren and Janet Hook , Times Staff Writers DATELINE : WASHINGTON BODY : A clash erupted Wednesday between the White House and the Pentagon over the handling of the ...
... prison charges known to the White House . BYLINE : Edwin Chen , John Hendren and Janet Hook , Times Staff Writers DATELINE : WASHINGTON BODY : A clash erupted Wednesday between the White House and the Pentagon over the handling of the ...
Page 30
... prison or give any details of the incidents , saying only that the U.S. - led Coalition Provisional Authority was " committed to treating all persons under its control with dignity , respect and humanity . " Bush evidently was unaware ...
... prison or give any details of the incidents , saying only that the U.S. - led Coalition Provisional Authority was " committed to treating all persons under its control with dignity , respect and humanity . " Bush evidently was unaware ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abu Ghraib prison actions Afghanistan al Qaeda ALEXANDER allegations Armed Forces Army Article artillery asked assigned assistant to Senator battalion BEN NELSON BILL NELSON brigade sector CEDs CENTCOM chain of command Chairman WARNER civilian combat committee conduct Defense detainee abuse detention facilities detention operations documents enemy's second echelon ensure EPW or detainee equipment evacuation exploitation Fort Dix Geneva Conventions guards HUMINT ICRC ICRC report interrogation Iraq Iraqi issue ment military intelligence Military Police mission MNF-I MYERS NBC weapons offense officer person personnel photographs prisoners of war procedures protected question responsibility rogator ROMIG Sanchez Secretary CAMBONE Secretary RUMSFELD Senator DAYTON Senator GRAHAM Senator LEVIN Senator MCCAIN Senator REED SMITH soldiers source's specific enemy units staff tactical Taguba Report TECHINT techniques terrogation Thank theater tion torture troops UCMJ
Popular passages
Page 924 - In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties...
Page 924 - ... violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; (b) taking of hostages; (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment; (d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
Page 918 - An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the Parties to the conflict.
Page 419 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when...
Page 436 - General courts-martial shall have power to try any person subject to military law for any crime or offense made punishable by these articles, and any other person who by the law of war is subject to trial by military tribunals...
Page 458 - In each case, such persons shall nevertheless be treated with humanity, and in case of trial, shall not be deprived of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed by the present Convention. They shall also be granted the full rights and privileges of a protected person under the present Convention at the earliest date consistent with the security of the State or Occupying Power, as the case may be.
Page 473 - A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory norm of general international law is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.
Page 853 - No person subject to this code may interrogate, or request any statement from, an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing him of the nature of the accusation and advising him that he does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which he is accused or suspected and that any statement made by him may be used as evidence against him in a trial by court-martial.
Page 419 - ... confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.
Page 444 - To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the abovementioned persons: a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture...