detainee's

HRW said the use of torture appeared to be designed to break a detainee's will to the point where they would sign a prepared confession or refrain from asserting their rights.

The Guardian World News 2011

"The Uthman case cements the trend in the D.C. Circuit's decisions toward a broad and malleable definition of who can be considered 'part of' al Qaeda, combined with a highly deferential view of the government's interpretation of the facts," Hafetz said, "In many cases, the result is indefinite detention based on suspicion or assumptions about a detainee's behavior."

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In three cases, officers changed a detainee's "confession" – often extracted under torture – in return for money.

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He was forced to retire after an incident in Iraq in which he fired a gun near a detainee's head, an effort, he said, to get information about a possible ambush.

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In one case, an officer lost the detainee's documents in return for a bribe and he was released due to lack of evidence.

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The DBS looked at me, paused for a moment, and then continued to the next detainee's cell.

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A U.S. officer—not a lawyer—is assigned to act as the detainee's advocate, summoning witnesses, contacting family and questioning the military's case.

U.S. Seeks Friends in Afghan Detainees Michael M. Phillips 2011

That appears to conflict with Chinese legal provisions that police should normally inform a detainee's family or employer within 24 hours of their detention and either release them after three days or apply to a prosecutor for a formal arrest warrant, legal expert say.

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Military boards review the evidence and intelligence in each detainee's case every six months, as part of an effort to be fair to detainees and to make sure they don't release men likely to return to the fight.

U.S. Seeks Friends in Afghan Detainees Michael M. Phillips 2011