THE HUNGER GAMES
AT GUANTÁNAMO
appropriate, but was concerned
that Jennifer Aniston may be too
scantily clad.
“We were ready to give them
their own DVD player just before
they started covering cameras,”
said Zak, the Muslim adviser. “We
bought that shipment six months
ago, nine months ago. We worked
on it to get the money.”
Bogdan, who took charge of
Guantanamo’s detention facilities in June 2012, decided to crack
down on some of the freedoms and
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comforts of the communal cellblock, however. Detainees have told
their lawyers that Bogdan directed
guards to confiscate personal items,
crank up the air conditioning to
make the cells uncomfortably cold,
and search Qurans for contraband.
“I will bring this camp to how it
was in the old times. I’ve got kids at
home and I know how to deal with
kids,” Bogdan reportedly said, according to a detainee.
Bogdan has defended his actions,
saying that guards had allowed
some of the rules to slip in previous
years and that he was simply enforcing official procedures.
Guards use
restraining
chairs to hold
detainees
in place
while they
are forcefed dietary
supplements.