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-	Well in that time period, you basically	0:00
	kept quiet about it if you had any disagreements.	0:02
	The attitude was, you know	0:05
	even at the four-star general level was,	0:07
	"F these guys they're all terrorists."	0:10
	And so when you have that type of, and again	0:14
	I'm an E-5 buck Sergeant at the time, you know	0:18
	granted I had some experience	0:23
	but I had no voice at that point.	0:24
	I remember having a conversation at night out	0:29
	of the facility with a CW-2,	0:32
	chief warrant officer two level.	0:35
	So he outranks me.	0:36
	He is a commissioned officer.	0:38
	Even he was afraid to openly speak	0:40
	about his reservations about what are these guys doing here?	0:43
	You know?	0:46
Interviewer	What were you afraid would happen?	0:49
-	Repercussions, vilification,	0:50
	ostracization, the, you know, basically being blacklisted.	0:53
	We liked our job.	0:59
	We liked being effective and doing our job	1:00
	but the atmosphere at the time, the attitude	1:04
	at the time set out by the leadership was, Hey	1:06
	you're either against us or you're with us.	1:10
	And what we say is that they're all terrorists.	1:12
	And in the words of Donald Rumsfeld,	1:15
	they're the worst of the worst.	1:17

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Title:

Nelson, Torin - short clip - NoVoice

Date:

June 5, 2014

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Nelson, Torin

Role:

Interrogator

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Interrogator, Guantanamo, Afghanistan, Iraq
Torin Nelson, male, age 45, was an interrogator in Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan, and has spoken out against the interrogation practices at Abu Ghraib.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

United States

Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

2:01:39

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

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Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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