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Rumsfeld Ordered Detainees Held In Secret in Iraq

HeadlineJun 17, 2004

The New York Times is reporting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered military officials in Iraq last November to secretly hold an Iraqi man in jail but not list him on the prison’s rolls in order to prevent the International Committee of the Red Cross from monitoring his treatment. Rumsfeld’s order allegedly came at the request of CIA Director George Tenet. In his recent report on prison conditions at Abu Ghraib, Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba said the practice of holding so-called ghost detainees was “deceptive, contrary to Army doctrine, and in violation of international law.”

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