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Stress Positions: Use of physical postures (sitting, standing, kneeling,
prone, etc.) for no more than 1 hour per use. Use of technique(s) will not
exceed 4 hours and adequate rest between use of each position will be pro-
vided.
False Flag: Convincing the detainee that individuals from a country other
than the United States are interrogating him.
The Schlesinger Report indicated that a dozen of Sanchez's techniques went
beyond those acceptable in Army Field Manual 3 4 - 5 2 and were even more ex-
treme than those that had been approved for Guantanamo. Sanchez's memo was
released publicly in March 2 0 0 5 in response to a FDIA lawsuit. It came about a
year after General Sanchez had lied to Congress in sworn testimony (in May
2 0 0 4 ) that he had never ordered or approved the use of intimidation by dogs,
sleep deprivation, excessive noise, or inducing fear. He should be tried for all the
reasons outlined above.
One soldier's view about the extent to which there was direct involvement
of the military command in directing abuses against detainees comes from Joe
Darby, our heroic whistleblower: "Nobody in command knew about the abuse,
because nobody in command cared enough to find out. That was the real prob-
lem. The entire command structure was oblivious, living in their own little
worlds. So it wasn't a conspiracy—it was negligence, plain and simple. They were
fucking clueless."
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General Sanchez has been forced to retire early (November 1.
2 0 0 6 ) by the top military brass because of his role in the Abu Ghraib scandal. He
admitted, "That's the key reason, the sole reason, that I was forced to retire."
(Guardian Unlimited, November 2, 2 0 0 6 , "U.S. General Says Abu Ghraib Forced
Him Out.")
On Trial: Major General Geoffrey Miller
Human Rights Watch asserts that "Major General Geoffrey Miller, as commander
at the tightly-controlled prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be inves-
tigated for his potential responsibility in the war crimes and acts of torture com-
mitted against detainees there." Furthermore, he "knew or should have known
that troops under his command were committing war crimes and acts of torture
against detainees at Guantanamo." Additionally, "Gen. Miller may have proposed
interrogation methods for Iraq that were the proximate cause of the torture and
war crimes committed at Abu Ghraib."
General Miller was commander of Joint Task Force-Guantânamo ( J T F -
GTMO) from November 2 0 0 2 until April 2 0 0 4 , when he became the deputy com-
manding general of Detention Operations in Iraq, the position he held until 2 0 0 6 .
He was sent to Gitmo to replace General Rick Baccus, who higher-ups considered
was "coddling" prisoners by insisting that the Geneva Conventions guidelines be
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