Paul Rester Explained

Paul Rester is the director of the Joint Intelligence Groupat the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba—the Chief Interrogator.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Rester described the interrogation techniques the military used at Guantanamo to the Associated Press.[1] He said he was concerned that the CIA's use of "extended interrogation techniques" had given the public the wrong impression of the techniques the military used at Guantanamo.

Rester told Andrew Selsky of the Associated Press that the successes of the American military interrogators had come through "rapport-building" techniques—not coercive or brutal techniques.[1] He said Joint Task Force Guantanamo commander Mark Buzby had authorized him to describe one of the interrogators recent successes.

Rester acknowledged that Mohammed al Qahtani, and one other captive, had been subjected to rougher treatment in 2002.[1] He didn't offer the name of the other captive who had been subjected to rougher treatment.

Time Magazine reported that Mohammed al Qahtani's interrogation log had been leaked to them, and that it documented he had been subjected to almost two months of sleep deprivation, forced nudity, force-feedings, forced enemas, threats against his family, and sexual humiliation.

According to Selsky's article Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, a lawyer who volunteered to help Guantanamo captives "scoffed at Rester's contention that rough treatment at Guantanamo was restricted to just two men."[1]

Following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Rester stated:[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Gitmo Interrogator Describes Tactics. Associated Press. Andrew O. Selsky. Andrew O. Selsky. 16 February 2008. 2010-03-16.
  2. News: Chief Guantanamo interrogator says most info not forced from detainees . . Eric Firkel . Eric Firkel . 17 February 2008 . 2008-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704010907/http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/chief-guantanamo-interrogator-says-most.php . 4 July 2008.
  3. News: "The O'Reilly Factor" comes to GTMO. The Wire (JTF-GTMO). Sergeant Christina Douglas. 16 June 2006. 2008-02-16. After lunch, O'Reilly toured various camps and met with Navy RearAdm. Harry B. Harris, the commander of JTF-GTMO, Army Colonel Michael Bumgarner, the commander of the Joint Detention Group, Paul Rester, the director of the Joint Intelligence Group, and two interrogators..
  4. News: US Admiral Confirms Secret Camp at Gitmo . . Andrew O. Selsky . Andrew O. Selsky . 7 February 2008 . 2008-02-16 . Paul Rester, the military's chief interrogator at Guantanamo, told AP he has been interviewing one of the Camp 7 detainees and that others may be interrogated, depending on intelligence needs..
  5. News: EXCLUSIVE: Guantanamo's Chief Interrogator Says 'We Don't Employ Torture'. ABC News. Terry Moran. Terry Moran. 26 June 2006. 2008-02-16. For myself, torture is the deliberate and sadistic of mental or physical pain on another human being. It's as simple as that. For the pure and simple satisfaction of doing it. It serves no redeeming social value in eliciting concrete information. It serves no redeeming social value in -- in obtaining the knowledge we need to combat this particular enemy..
  6. News: Ex-Guantanamo prisoner, once among youngest held, back in U.S. custody. International Herald Tribune. 18 January 2007. 2008-02-16.
  7. News: Ruling won't affect camp: commander. Dawn. 30 June 2006. 2008-02-16.

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