Fall 2003: Chief Interrogations Officer Acknowledges Detainees Subjected to Stress Positions at Abu Ghraib

In an interview, the US officer in charge of interrogations at Abu Ghraib acknowledges that, as per the directive from Defense Secretary Rumsfeld (see December 2, 2002), detainees are subjected to stress positioning. Stress positions are a violation of the Geneva Conventions. [Huffington Post, 4/21/2009]