Army Finds No Truth In Gitmo Beating Rumor

Investigation Reports No Evidence Guards Mistreated Detainees

(CBS/AP)  A U.S. Army officer who investigated possible abuse at Guantanamo Bay after some guards allegedly bragged about beating detainees found no evidence they really mistreated the prisoners, military officials said Wednesday.

Col. Richard Bassett, the chief investigator, did not recommend disciplinary action against the Navy guards named by Marine Sgt. Heather Cerveny, who had said that during a conversation in September they described beating detainees as common practice.

In an affidavit filed to the Pentagon's inspector general, Cerveny — a member of a detainee's legal defense team — said a group of more than five men who identified themselves as guards had recounted hitting detainees. The conversation allegedly took place at a bar inside the base.

"The evidence did not support any of the allegations of mistreatment or harassment," the Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in southeastern Cuba, said in a statement.

Investigators conducted 20 interviews with "suspects and witnesses," the Southern Command said. The statement did not say whether Bassett interviewed any detainees, including any of the alleged victims.

Bassett's findings were approved by Adm. James Stavridis, the head of the Southern Command.

The investigation began Oct. 13 and was expanded 10 days later to include a similar allegation from a civilian employee who recounted a conversation between a female guard and a male interrogator, according to the statement. Following Bassett's recommendations, Stavridis said a "letter of counseling" should be sent to the female guard who allegedly initiated a "fictitious account" of detainee abuse.

Meanwhile, CBS News has learned that a Defense Department plan to seek funding for a $100 million courthouse to try terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay has been put on hold.

[bluestardad]

The wolf said the fox did not kill those chickens!

[book54552134]

Imagine that! The Army investigates itself and finds itself innocent of wrong-doing.
So what else is new?
There is truth in the old saying, 'Where there's smoke, there's fire.'

[randalds]

What a fu*cking joke. Until there is a real independent investigation into Gitmo abuses no one will ever believe this government. It's a North American Gulag and an embarrassment in front of the world. It's against everything America has ever stood for and the as*sholes who built it and keep it open are no better then concentration camp wardens.

[jn122736]

This is no different than police departments investigating all police shootings and never finding any wrongdoing.

As the saying goes %u201CIf you don%u2019t believe I am telling the truth, just ask me.

[bigwhtpony]

Too bad. If they hook them up to field phone wires, it won't leave any marks.

I think we should investigate Emperor Pelosi's request for a jet big enough to carry 42 people along with a crew of 16. Guess she wants her cut now. Wonder where the outrage is?

So much for her "new direction."

Oh, she meant a new direction for the jet to fly....I get it. Hypocrits!

[drudge2]

There will be a investigation someday into Gitmo and there will be apologies offered. We need to be demanding jail time for those responsible NOW.

[sharncedar]

Five men brag in a bar about beating inmates.

The official investigation finds no evidence at all, not even one beating. All photos of suspects have them smiling, yes they are missing teeth and pale and thin, but its because of poor dental hygiene, you know those chucklehead Islamists, always forgetting to brush and eat breakfast.

[fascistusa]

Your Government thinks you are STUPID.

I think they are right.

Your Government LIES to you.

You believe it.

Land of the Idiot. Home of the Enslaved.

[lars008-2009]

why are there so many fascist nazi islamic muslim pretending to be american liberals........

[lars008-2009]

ISLAM / PERFECT EXAMPLE OF FASCISM!!!
islam is intent on killing or enslaving all non muslims......

The most notable characteristic of a fascist country is the separation and persecution or denial of equality to a specific segment of the population based upon superficial qualities or belief systems.
Simply stated, a fascist government always has one class of citizens that is considered superior (good) to another (bad) based upon race, creed or origin. It is possible to be both a republic and a fascist state. The preferred class lives in a republic while the oppressed class lives in a fascist state.
http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/Structure3.htm

[nativewoman]

The fox in charge of the hen house says there is no evidence that foxes have gotten into the hen house.

Well, golly! I feel better and have absolutely NO questions regarding such an investigation.

[middleman8]

The United States Army investigated itself and found no wrong doings. How could they find anything wrong with their selves, THEY PASS LAWS TO LEGALIZE EVERY CRIMINAL ACT THEY COMMIT,AND COVER THEIR ***'S FOR MURDER AND RAPE.

[legendary240]

Hey dudes, these people have no moral problem lying to us or withholding information. If their koran does not condemn them from killing us kaffirs(infidels, unbelievers), what makes you think they have any problem deceiving us? Ask your neighborhood imam if a muslim is bound by the koran to speak truth to infidels. I know of one religious muslim I met in the 90's who said that he could do any immoral thing he wanted to do in the USA because our country is profane, so prafane that allah doesn't even look at it. I know that's weird but it's what he says his imam told him. If that's their belief, then why are they here? He was a college student in Tennesee. Makes me wonder about what he really is here for now.

[legendary240]

singingrick - there a lot of muslims coming to faith that I could tell you about if not for security reasons. They are born into a religious system and there is no belief experience for them, it's just like we go learn the abc's - they go to a madras school and learn what is REQUIRED of them. They have never known a moment's freedom. One man I know of was baptized at night and shuttled out of the country for his own life's sake. Yes, tell the muslims the truth, only way to defeat them is to win them.

[middleman8]

THERE ARE A FEW ON HERE THAT SHOULD READ THE KORAN AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS ABOUT. ALSO WHOM IS ATTACKING WHOM ? iT IS U S TROOPS THAT ARE ROAMING THE GLOBE KILLING INNOCENT, HELPLESS PEOPLE. MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING.

[reel-crazy]

In response to the title of this story, I can only come up with this....

Imagine that.

[vietvet681]

book54552134 complains about the army investigating itself, but he or she offers nothing in the way of a good solution to this problem. Just noise. Remember, the heading of the article said it was a "rumor". Rumors are a vicious thing. The far right media uses this to its best advantage and often captures the attention of folks such as yourself. All someone has to do is to lie about you and the damage is done. There does not have to be proof that you are guilty and you are left trying to explain how innocent you are. Your reputation is shot. People who think things through and obtain all the facts before putting there foot in their mouth are generally thought of as being intellengent and fair minded. All others are thought of as cattle or sheep

[vietvet681]

middleman8. You might be glad to hear that we keep a copy of the koran in our bathroom.

Just in case we run out of toilet paper.

[middleman8]

VIETVET
Yer sure right. Look how Suddam was lied on by the evil treo in washington. How u all were taken in.

[lars008-2009]

middleman8 hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

if the us troops were allowed to kill civilians, there would not be any left haji.....

it is you fascist nazi islamic muslims that are killing civilians around the globe.... philippines, thailand, india again and again, yugoslavia, china, russia, africa, etc etc etc....

[observantx]

The article is about alleged beating of detainees at Gitmo and the investigation the Army made into the matter. It is NOT about Muslims "coming to faith" etc.

STAY on the subject.

[middleman8]

larsoo8

man what are u on? when a person gets that high they should just take it easy, and bay anat the moon

[notblue]

Oh oh, we have a story that doesn't follow the leftwing hate the military agenda. It's hard to believe CBS even printed it. None of the hate America group here at the CBS comment area will beleive the story anyway. It sure is entertaining to listen to all the rationalizing away of the truth that doesn't fit.

[lars008-2009]

is that what your mullah told you to do haji.....lol after all allah is the moon god.... hahahahaha
http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-moon-god-hubal.htm
http://www.souldevice.org/islamgod.htm
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0042/0042_01.asp
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/islam/#worship
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1000/1000_01.asp
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1004/1004_01.asp

[lars008-2009]

Under no circumstances is Jehovah, the God of the Bible, and Allah, of the Koran, the same. First of all, the God of the Bible is a God of love and redemption, who sent His Son into the world to die for our sins. Allah tells people to die for him in order to get salvation, but there is no understanding of salvation. Allah was the moon god from Mecca. That is why Islam has the crescent moon. The flag of Turkey has a crescent moon with a star in it. Well, the crescent moon is because Allah was the moon god, and that is the deal. But we don't serve a moon god. We serve the God of creation, the Creator of everything.
They are not the same. To translate Allah as God is wrong. When you see something in there and it says Allah, you translate it Allah. Don't call it God because it is different. God is Elohim. He is the Creator, the Jehovah God, Yahweh. Yahweh of the Old Testament was the Father who brought forth Jesus into the world.
http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/BringItOn/FalseReligions-index.asp

Enter the Moon God
http://www.studytoanswer.net/myths_ch3.html#ch3-1

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=MOON+GOD ALLAH
or wiki........their moon rock...lol
The eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba is the Hajar el Aswad, (the sacred "Black Stone"), which is generally thought to be a meteorite remnant.
At the time of Muhammad, his tribe, the Quraysh was in charge of the Kaaba, which was at that time a shrine to numerous Arabian tribal gods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba

[johnshaft4]

Regarding our US Federal 'government', there is NO truth anywhere, anyhow...Time for the insidious PNAC/AEI traitors and war criminals (incliding von Rumseld/Cheney) to be brought up before for World Court for crimes against HUMANITY...aka Nuremberg and hang these sadistic criminals.

[lars008-2009]

that will never happen haji............

here are your crimes against humanity...... let's start trying them today.....

islam is a violation of international law

islam practices slavery on non muslaims
islam practices aparthied on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices genocide on non muslims

all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity

[johnshaft4]

Yo, 'religious' idiots....Allah, Jehovah, Jesus are ALL PRODUCTS of Jewish Mythology. Islam, Christianity, Judaism are ALL derivatives of Jew mythology and fall under the same umbrella of credability as The Wizard of Oz, Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Greek mythology. No wonder our world is so screwed up with you STUPID/GULLABLE morons who believe this Jew stuff.. The Jews ripped of the Akkiadians and decided to write a novel of FAIRY TALES nominating THEMSELVES as 'god's chosen people'. What a bunch of SUCKERS YOU ARE...

[one_american]

This story sure *popped* the bubble of lies perpetrated by liberal America-haters!

I give it one day before the liberals manufacture some other outrageous lie.

[frankbowers]

I see gw busyh has spoken and the woprld believes everthing he says regarldess of the picture and the deaths. What a crock and the neocons will brag about this for ever even though men have died for an due to a few who think they are working at God's request their God is none other than gw bush, *** cheney, carl rove and don rumsfeld.

The army investigates and finds itself not at fault.

Gee - what a surprise.

singingrick, as a so called "christian" you should not be happy at the kind of brutality that has happened.

You should be morally disgusted in the lack of christian values displayed.

"-ABSOLUTELY lars008!"

"You are correct! :)"
"Posted by singinrick"

Are you talking to yourself again singingrick?

singingrick,

It's about time you grew up.

If you believe everything you're told then you're less intelligent than I thought.

And if you think the military doesn't lie or cover things up then you're an absolute idiot.

And that is a fact.

Have a nice day. :-)

McDazz

singinrick wrote:

"Nothing but hate, hate hate comin' from these people, as USUAL!"

LOL. Coming from a pretend Christian like you, that's funny.

Have you forgotten the links you've posted to hate sites?

You're the one spreading hate singingrick or lars008 or whatever name you choose to post your hate filled propaganda under.

But it's good to see that you're still being a hypocrite singingrick/lars008.

[romeowy27]

I do not have to defend my faith for there is no cause to do so. It will defend its self.

I think we havent done all the work that is needed in the countries that our millitary is in. I also believe that anyone that dosent like the way our country Is trying to help the world dosent have to be here. I dont care what race religon or ***. there is a big world out there and when you go to see it I think you will see the good the US is doing.

As far as the war is concernd I didnt hear any complaints when we sent them after our hit on 9/11. If you would like to sit back and be taken advateg of then please go somewhere else we fight "One Nation Under God". What ever the reason we are there and need to stay till the job is done.

singingrick:

Wow, it looks as though you've finally flipped.

Satan is on my side? I don't think so.

As for your comment that we don't teach kids in the US to hate, I hate to rain on your parade, but there are plenty of folks who teach their kids to hate - and there are "christian religions" in the US that teach kids to hate as well.

I don't know which bubble you're living in singingrick (aka lars008) but one day it's going to burst.

Life must be good in singingrick land - but the rest of us live in reality.

You should try it sometime. It really isn't that bad.

[randalds]

Life must be good in singingrick land - but the rest of us live in reality.

You should try it sometime. It really isn't that bad.
Posted by mcdazz at 12:47 AM : Feb 08, 2007

Won't happen for the rickster, at least not without some heavy medications. Whatever he's supposed to be taking for those delusions and hallucinations obviously isn't working or he skipped a few doses. Someone needs to talk to his nurse.

[mdc76082]

Everyday it's always the same ones throwing the name of Jesus around, and the devil and Christians...blah...blah...blah. Standing on their pulpit preaching their way or the highway...blah...blah...blah...You know what's really funny? It's reading blogs from a bunch of idiots who don't know one another from Adam, go at each other's throats. Someone should market this. They'd make a fortune. That's what makes this country great...people can have differences of opinion. And remember, opinion's are like a**holes, everyones got one! Live and let live.

singingrick (or lars008):

I think it's time for you to start acting like a real christian should and start spreading the message of love and forgiveness instead of your typical message of hatred and fear.

It's quite interesting how you never let the truth get in the way of your comments, I mean, why mention the KKK when you can mention suicide bombers, or those christian fundamentalist idiots who have no problem killing doctors or blowing up abortion clinics.

I mean, why mention American hate groups who teach their kids to hate blacks because of the color of their skin or Jews because of their religion.

Here's an interesting fact for you singingrick (or lars008), "teaching hatred" isn't something that Americans are immune to.

Just read one of your posts that links to hate sites for the perfect example.

It's quite hypocritical for you to talk of others who you think spread messages of hatred towards christians, when you yourself are doing it towards Muslims.

In other words, singinglars, you're a hypocrite.

[bellal-2009]

It's not hypocritical to acknowledge the threat of radical Islam. There are no other hate groups that compare.

[johnshaft4]

In light of secret foreign prisons, the vivid pictures at Abu Gharib of dogs, hooded prisoners standing on a box with electrodes protruding, numerous accounts of waterboarding, and other torture the only individuals who could possibly believe in the "validity" of this self serving "investigation" are the same idiots who believe in Jewish mythology (just like Greek mythology of the past). In this regard, all Muslims, Jews and Christians are ALL equally stupid and delusional. Fairy tale time...

[hillaryin08]

Army Finds No Truth In Gitmo Beating Rumor
Investigation Reports No Evidence Guards Mistreated Detainees

Thats because ther is no abuse! All this ever was a propaganda put out by the enemy and their willing accomplices in the media and the Democrat Party. You beleived it because you wanted to beleive it! It supports your view of Bush and the evil republicans and stoked your beleife system like an open flame. You got played once again Liberal and you wonder why your being accused of supporting the enemy.

[johnshaft4]

singingrick-
Remember YOUR leader "Born Again" Bush saying that "God told me to smite Saddam Hussein; so I smote him". That worked out real good, huh?
The much worse hell, murder and mayhem Bush created in Iraq is representative of Bush's true "Christian" nature. Or, is YOUR Satan working through his servant Bush?

[searingtruth]

Gosh.

And I thought Bush and his henchmen would admit to torture and murder.

"Judge not a word conflicted by deed."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[MonsterSound]

"Bassett did not interview any detainees, said Jose Ruiz, a Miami-based command spokesman." gee this little detail was left out of the article. Couldn't be of any importance then.

bellaL wrote:

"It's not hypocritical to acknowledge the threat of radical Islam. There are no other hate groups that compare."

Tell that to a victim of the KKK or neo-nazi's.

GW Bush is the anti-christ.

[lars008-2009]

take no prisoners......... problem solved...

PISSLAM=VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW!

PISSLAM PRACTICES SLAVERY
PISSLAM PRACTICES APARTHIED
PISSLAM PRACTICES RAPE OF NON MUDSCUMS
PISSLAM PRACTICES GENOCIDE OF NON MUDSCUMS

ALL ARE VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Ali Sina, an ex-Muslim from Iran. He is the creator of Faithfreedom.org.
Yet I know that by eradicating Islam we can save the world from the dangers of a catastrophe that otherwise is looming over our heads and could cause more disaster than the 1st and 2nd World Wars combined. Eradication of Islam means restoring peace among humanity and civility, democracy and prosperity in the Muslim world.
http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/why_i_left_islam.htm

[lars008-2009]

here's your enemy skippy..... try to remember that..... there will be a test later....

UK TV AIRS SHOCK 'UNDERCOVER' LOOK INTO MAINSTREAM BRIT MOSQUES...

Dispatches: Undercover Mosque
This is part one of the much-anticipated UK Channel 4 documentary Dispatches: Undercover Mosque, exposing evidence of Islamic supremacism, shocking misogyny, and support for violence at a number of Britain%u2019s leading mosques and Muslim institutions. (Thanks again to LGF operative kasper.)
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24018_Dispatches-_Undercover_Mosque&only

'Obsession'
Documentary gives insight into radical Islam%u2019s global threat
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/launchPage.html?110506/110506_fnl_obsession&%27Obsession%27&FNL&Documentary%20gives%20insight%20into%20radical%20Islam%92s%20global%20threat&Foxlife&-1&%27Obsession%27&Video%20Launch%20Page&News
http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/12min.htm
http://myspace.com/waragainstthewest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BL4-mxE87w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUpcpEQtgp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BUqXSeCDJc

this is the real threat to humanity.....
http://stopislam.cjb.net/