Posted on 09/18/2006 10:58:06 AM PDT by occamrzr06
A Warning From Shaker Aamer
Col. Mike Bumgarner, warden of Guantánamo Bay. Threats & Responses Go to Complete Coverage » Multimedia The Battle for GuantanamoInteractive Feature The Battle for Guantanamo Enlarge This Image Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum, for The New York Times
Since the riot and suicides, guards at Guantánamo have clamped down a bit.
Col. Mike Bumgarner took over as the warden of Guantánamo Bay in April 2005. He had been hoping to be sent to Iraq; among senior officers of the Army’s military police corps, the job of commanding guards at the American detention camp in Cuba was considered not particularly challenging and somewhat risky to a career. He figured it would mean spending at least a year away from his family, managing the petty insurgencies of hundreds of angry, accused terrorists.
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Good article....almost feels like you were there....oh wait, I was!
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