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Time Magazine Obtains Interrogation Log From Guantanamo

HeadlineJun 13, 2005

Time Magazine is reporting that it has obtained new evidence showing how U.S. interrogators are treating detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The magazine obtained the interrogation log for a Saudi man named Mohammed al-Qahtani who was supposed to have been the 20th hijacker in the 9/11 attacks. According to the log, the man’s head and beard were shaved. He was stripped naked, ordered to bark like a dog and had pictures of scantily clad women hung around his neck. He was also straddled by a female interrogator in a drill known as Invasion of Space by a Female. When he refused to drink water, he was injected with an IV tube. After interrogators pumped three and half bags of fluid into him, they told him that a visit to the bathroom would only be allowed if he started talking. He was also woken up at night by interrogators dripping water on his head or to the music of pop star Christine Aguilera. The 84-page interrogation log is the first such document that has emerged from Guantanamo. The Pentagon defended its treatment. A spokesperson said “Qahtani’s interrogation during this period was guided by a very detailed plan and conducted by trained professionals motivated by a desire to gain actionable intelligence, to include information that might prevent additional attacks on America.”

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