Bryan Del Monte
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Bryan Del Monte is the United States Department of Defense's deputy director for policy development and international issues in the Office of Detainee Affairs.[1][2][3]
Del Monte serves as a spokesman for the Bush Administration's detainee policies. He has made controversial assertions that stand in contrast to the statements of the detainees, and their lawyers. On May 13, 2006 Del Monte spoke about "youngsters" still held at Guantanamo. According to Asharq Alawsat:
- "Del Monte said that those in charge of the Guantanamo detention camp provide the three youngsters with lessons every morning in Mathematics, English, Sciences, and other subjects for their mental and psychological needs in addition to teaching physical fitness and sports.[1]"
Clive Stafford Smith, a human rights lawyer, documented over a dozen detainees who were minors when captured.[4] The three youngest of those minors were provided with the privileges Del Monte described. But they were released on January 28, 2004.
[edit] References
- ^ a b US DoD Official Discusses Guantanamo, asharq alawsat, May 13, 2006
- ^ Pentagon officials at UC Berkeley to defend prisoner treatment, San Francisco Chronicle, December 2, 2005
- ^ British Guantanamo detainees sue US for $10m, The Times, May 11, 2006
- ^ The Kids of Guantanamo Bay, cageprisoners.com, June 15, 2006
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