On 7 November 2007, WikiLeaks published a 28 March 2003 U.S. Army manual for Camp Delta at Guantánamo Bay, written under the authority of Major General Geoffrey D. Miller. The document described procedures for handling hunger strikes, transferring prisoners, using military dogs to intimidate detainees, and classifying some prisoners as off-limits to the International Committee of the Red Cross. It specified four levels of Red Cross access, including “No Access,” visual-only access, restricted questioning, and unrestricted access, contradicting repeated U.S. military denials that some captives were withheld from the organization.
The Associated Press quoted Army Lieutenant Colonel Ed Bush calling the manual out of date, saying dogs were no longer used and the Red Cross was no longer denied access to any captives. WikiLeaks released a purported 2004 edition on 3 December 2007 and analyzed changes between the versions. The leak intensified scrutiny of detention practices and allegations that the camp’s procedures were designed to evade Geneva Convention safeguards, although the Defense Department declined to comment on the disclosure.
