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Philadelphia Inquirer
December 11, 2006
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - An Army officer has finished his investigation into allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay and submitted the report to superiors, according to a military spokesman.
Col. Richard Basset's report, commissioned after several guards allegedly acknowledged beating detainees, is being reviewed, said Army Col. Bill Costello, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command.
Army Brig. Gen. Edward Leacock, deputy commander of detention operations, said guards who allegedly told a Marine sergeant in September that they regularly beat detainees have not been disciplined pending results of the investigation.
Basset, appointed by the U.S. Southern Command to investigate "credible allegations" of abuse, interviewed guards and some detainees during a visit to the naval base in southeast Cuba. He also traveled around the United States to speak with guards who had left Guantanamo, Leacock said.
December 11, 2006
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - An Army officer has finished his investigation into allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay and submitted the report to superiors, according to a military spokesman.
Col. Richard Basset's report, commissioned after several guards allegedly acknowledged beating detainees, is being reviewed, said Army Col. Bill Costello, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command.
Army Brig. Gen. Edward Leacock, deputy commander of detention operations, said guards who allegedly told a Marine sergeant in September that they regularly beat detainees have not been disciplined pending results of the investigation.
Basset, appointed by the U.S. Southern Command to investigate "credible allegations" of abuse, interviewed guards and some detainees during a visit to the naval base in southeast Cuba. He also traveled around the United States to speak with guards who had left Guantanamo, Leacock said.