Geoffrey D. Miller
Geoffrey D. Miller ( born 1949 in Gallipolis, Ohio ) is a retired Major General of the U.S. Army. He commanded 2002, the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and released in 2004 Brigadier General Janis Karpinski as commander of the Abu Ghraib prison from and also took over the post of Deputy Commanding General for Detainee Operations of Multinational Forces Iraq. He oversees not only stood the prison at Abu Ghraib, but also Camp Cropper and Camp Bucca.
Military career
Miller graduated from the Ohio State University and earned a bachelor's degree in history, followed by a master 's degree in education administration (Education Administration) from the University of Southern California.
Miller undertook in 1972 for the U.S. Army and was trained as an artillery officer. Before he was transferred to South Korea after 1980, he served in Germany. There he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for operations in Korea. After he returned to the United States, he served as deputy chief of staff for personnel and facility management.
Guantánamo
In November 2002, Miller took over the command of the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. This command was responsible for the operation of the Detention Camp X -Ray, Camp Delta and Camp Echo. Under his command, the interrogation methods were tightened and increased discipline in the entire warehouse. Miller later said that two-thirds of the 600 detainees have confessed to having anything to do with terrorism and also " usable secret material " ( actionable intelligence ) to deliver. However, it is believed to have been used under Miller's command methods as threatened beatings, sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, intimidating use of dogs and other ill-treatment.
On 22 September 2003 Miller ordered the arrest of Captain James Yee, who worked as a chaplain for the Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo. Miller accused him of having stolen secret documents and have them smuggled out of prison. These allegations but were later dropped. It is uncertain whether evidence of espionage were found, however, is the file on the case of James Yee under wraps.
Abu Ghraib
In August 2003, Miller was transferred from the U.S. Department of Defense in Iraq in order to get more information from the Iraqi prisoners. In September, Miller wrote a report in which he recommended the " Guantanamization " ( GTMO - ising ) the interrogation methods by adding up put the detention and interrogation personnel at Abu Ghraib prison. In addition, Miller recommended that guards should be used to the prisoners to interrogations " prepare " ( soften up ).
In his final report on the torture allegations Major General Antonio Taguba Miller made recommendations for the abuses at Abu Ghraib responsible and found that the use of personnel of the military police for interrogation constituted a breach of official guidelines. Miller denied that he had ordered guards deliberately to humiliate prisoners and torture to obtain confessions.
After half a year later, in March 2004, which was made famous Abu Ghraib scandal were suspended Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, who had until then occupied the command of the 800th U.S. Military Police Brigade, and thus also about Abu Ghraib, and transferred Miller the command as deputy commanding general for operations of Koaltitionstruppen prisoners in Iraq. In this position, Miller reported directly to Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez, who commanded coalition troops by July 2004. Since its official nomination Miller promised to reduce the number of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and to adhere to the military law and the Geneva Conventions. He also promised to investigate suspicions of abuse, and to reform the Iraqi prisoners system. At this time he had already banned the use of hoods during transportation of prisoners and established a new system that allowed the prisoners to receive visitors.
In November 2004, Miller was succeeded in the post of Deputy Commanding General for Detainee Operations of Multinational Forces Iraq by Major General William H. Brandenburg.
Investigations against Miller
Since the investigation into the allegations of torture is suspected that Miller encouraged to abuse. In an interview with BBC radio said the former prison director Janis Karpinski that Miller had told her that she should the prisoners " like dogs " ( like dogs ) deal, because "if she could feel them only once, that they are more than dogs, then they lose control "(if you allow them to believe at any point thatthey are more than a dog then you've lost control of them). Miller, however, denies that he had ever made this comparison. Colonel Thomas Pappas, commander of the Military Intelligence Brigade at Abu Ghraib, said that it was Miller's idea of using dogs to intimidate prisoners. He said that the same tactics were used to Camp X - Ray in Cuba. Various photos of Abu Ghraib show dogs in the area of screaming, naked prisoners.
At times, Miller made use of his right not to incriminate himself. According to the New York Times he took from that position distance after the Armed Services Committee had postponed his retirement until he 'll oncoming.
In July 2005, we introduced inconsistencies in Miller's statements of May 2004 before the Armed Services Committee and its made under oath statements set out three months later. So Miller said in May from before the Senate that he had only written a report on a visit to Abu Ghraib and have not spoken with the then U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his closest staff employees. In a statement, three months later, however, Miller said that he with two of Rumsfeld's staff - had a briefing on the visit and its recommendations for Abu Ghraib - the Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Secretary of State for Intelligence Steve Cambone.
In May 2006, Miller testified at a military court hearing on the dog handler at Abu Ghraib, that his instructions had been understood concerning the dogs wrong. He testified further that he had ordered " the dogs only for supervisory and surveillance duties " to use ( only for custody and control of detainees ). Just one day later, Miller's statement of Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Phillabaum, commander of the Abu Ghraib military police unit refuted.
Miller retired on 31 July 2006. When it was adopted in retirement Miller was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, and he was praised as a Remixer ( innovator ).