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Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
Donnie Thomas was the commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the base. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command. Since January 2002 the command has ...
's Joint Detention Group
Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the base. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command. Since January 2002 the command has ...
from February 2010 to June 2012.
In December 2011 the public learned about Camp Five Echo
Camp Five Echo is a once secret " disciplinary block" built as part of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
The press first reported on the existence of the camp in December 2011 when attorneys for Shaker Aamer, who had bee ...
, a previously secret camp, for non-compliant
In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Compliance has traditionally been explained by reference to the deterrence theory, according to which punishing a behavior will decrease the viol ...
detainees were kept in isolation.
According to Thomas the conditions at the camp met the minimum standards, so they weren't inhumane.
In June 2012 Michael Isikoff
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, of ''NBC News
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'', interviewed Thomas about recently announced improvements to the detainees' conditions of detention.
In March 2013 it became known that the interview rooms where attorneys met with Guantanamo clients were fitted with listening devices.
Thomas's successor, John Bogdan
Colonel John Bogdan is an officer in the United States Army and former commander of the Guantanamo prison camp. He also ran detention centers in Iraq and Somalia. In 2018 Bogdan was hired by UNC Charlotte as its Associate Vice Chancellor of Sa ...
, testified that he was not aware the rooms were bugged, while Thomas testified he was aware.
Colonel Thomas Welsh, Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Legal Advisor, described asking Thomas for an explanation when he observed a law enforcement agent monitoring a meeting between other law enforcement officials, prosecutors, defense attorneys and a detainee-client at Camp Echo II
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