Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
The Gitmo Experiment: How Methods Developed by the U.S. Military For Withstanding Torture are Being Used Against Detainees at Guantanamo Bay
A major article in this week's issue of The New Yorker magazine reveals how methods developed by the US military for withstanding torture are being used against detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
According to the article, titled "The Gitmo Experiment," a number of medical and scientific personnel working at Guantanmo Bay are not at the prison camp to provide care for detainees but rather to use their skills to assist in interrogations. The people working in this capacity are members of what are called Behavioral Science Consultation Teams or BSCT's - in military jargon they are known simply as Biscuits.
In Gitmo
The New Yorker
Posted 2005-07-06
What kind of line can be drawn between the treatment of prisoners in Guantánamo and the abuses at Abu Ghraib?
One obvious line is the career trajectory of General Geoffrey D. Miller, who was commander first in Guantánamo, and then was sent to Iraq to oversee Abu Ghraib. It was General Miller who created the bscts to aid in interrogations. He imported the bsct idea with him when he went to Iraq.