7. Geoffrey Miller was favored by Donald Rumsfeld because of
the similarities and views toward the disregard for past practices and
tradition with the focus solely on results. With this frame of mind Miller
implemented a series of harsh interrogation techniques with the intent of
gathering information from the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Rumsfeld, in a memo
issued in November 2002, would sanction the use of the extreme interrogation
techniques used by Miller to include stress positions, light deprivation, noise
saturation, solitary confinement, and exposure to phobias. In August 2003,
Rumsfeld dissatisfied the amount of actionable intelligence coming out of Iraq
sent, Miller to Iraq to teach them the techniques that he was using in
Guantanamo. Upon arrival to Iraq Miller would advise that the treatment of the
prisoners to that point had been to civil and drastic changes need to be implemented
to degrade the prisoners and imprint on them who the leadership was. Faced the
pressures of Rumsfeld, General Ricardo Sanchez issued a memorandum on September
14, 2003 that instituted many of the same extreme interrogation techniques used
by Miller despite the Bush administrations protocol that the Geneva Convention
applied in Iraq. One month after issuing the memorandum, Sanchez would rescind portions
of the original memo because of questions about violations with the Geneva
Convention. This created confusion with what was acceptable or unacceptable
interrogation practices. Many of the American forces at Abu Ghraib where
uncomfortable with execution of the memo interrogation practices but continued
to perform the duties assigned to them.
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