Erik Saar Explained

A United States Army enlisted intelligence soldier, Sergeant Erik R. Saar was the co-author of the 2005 Inside the Wire : A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo, together with Viveca Novak.[1]

He had worked as an Arabic translator for six months from December 2002 to June 2003 at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps[2] which he later described as a "dysfunctional facility where prisoner abuse was all but inevitable".[3] He described faked interrogations, sexual interrogation techniques and physical assaults of prisoners.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the Author - Erik Saar . eriksaar.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100731182049/http://www.eriksaar.com/aboutES.htm . July 31, 2010.
  2. Web site: Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo. Democracy Now!.
  3. Web site: Roychoudhuri . Onnesha . Inside the Wire: An Interview With Erik Saar . Mother Jones . 16 December 2020 . May 24, 2005.
  4. News: Harris . Paul . Soldier lifts lid on Camp Delta . The Guardian . 8 May 2005 . en.
  5. News: Tate . Julie . Erik Saar and Viveca Novak's Inside the Wire . Washington Post . 8 May 2005.

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