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Geoffrey D. Miller (born c. 1949) is a retired United States Army Major General who commanded the US detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Iraq. Detention facilities in Iraq under his command included Abu Ghraib prison, Camp Cropper and Camp Bucca. He is noted for having trained soldiers in using torture, or "enhanced interrogation techniques" in US euphemism,〔(US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq ), ''Project Censored'', May 27, 2007〕 and for carrying out the "First Special Interrogation Plan," signed by Secretary of Defense, against a Guantanamo detainee.〔 Miller was born in Gallipolis, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University where he got an undergraduate degree in History, following up with a Master of Science in Education Administration at the University of Southern California. Miller is the nephew of Bob Evans, of Bob Evans Restaurants, franchiser from Rio Grande, Ohio. Miller joined the US Army in 1972 and was trained in field artillery and army command. He spent time in Germany before being moved to Korea in 1980. There, he rose to become assistant chief of staff for operations in Korea. Miller later returned to the United States to become the deputy chief of staff for personnel and installation management for the US Army. ==Guantanamo Bay, Cuba== On November 2002, Miller was given command of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), which runs the US detention facilities known as Camp X-Ray, Camp Delta and Camp Echo in Cuba. Miller claimed that two-thirds of the 600 prisoners had confessed to being involved in terrorism and were giving "actionable intelligence." The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on December 2, 2002 authorized in writing the "First Special Interrogation Plan," listing 17 techniques to be used on the detainee Mohammed al Qahtani. These were developed in consultation with Miller who carried them out.〔("U.S. Said to Overstate Value of Guantánamo Detainees" ), ''New York Times'', June 21, 2004〕 It was later revealed that such techniques were used more widely against other prisoners as well.〔http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/reports/publication:-torture-mohammed-al-qahtani〕 At the time, the Red Cross was denied access to detainees.〔("Leaked Guantanamo manual shows Red Cross denied access to groups of detainees" ), Center for Constitutional Rights〕 On September 22, 2003, Miller ordered the arrest of James Yee, an Army captain who served as a chaplain for the Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo. Miller accused Yee of stealing classified documents and smuggling them out of the prison, but those charges were later dropped. Captain Yee was honorably discharged on January 7, 2004. It is believed that no evidence of espionage was found, but records on the case have been sealed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoffrey D. Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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