The interrogations went on for up to 20 hours a day, day after day. The prisoner was told his mother and sisters were whores. He was forced to wear a bra and put a thong on his head. At one point, an interrogator tied a leash to him and forced him to conduct a series of dog tricks.
It all took place at the U.S. detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in an effort to get suspected al-Qaeda member Mohamed al-Kahtani to co-operate with his interrogators.
But here is the kicker (emphasis added)
According to General Bantz Craddock, head of the U.S. Southern Command which oversees Guantanamo, when Mr. al-Kahtani resisted "standard" questioning methods for several months, approval was obtained from higher authorities to use "more aggressive interrogation techniques."
Please note this, the officer in chagre at Guantanamo, Major General Geoffrey Miller, was later placed in charge of Abu Ghraib.
It is interesting how the abuse at Abu Ghraib appeared to start only after Gen. Miller's arrival in Iraq. How, even US army reports find violation of US Army policy and the Geneva Accords, but the Army and the administration still insist that this was all the action of a few low ranking bad apples.
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