Abuse Of Prisoners (01 of06)
Open Image ModalAs the New York Times reports, Mohammed Qahtani -- a Saudi believed to have been an intended participant in the Sept. 11 attacks -- was subject to coercive questioning and other abuses during his interrogation. The cables describe Qahtani as being leashed like a dog, sexually humiliated and forced to urinate on himself. His file says, \"Although publicly released records allege detainee was subject to harsh interrogation techniques in the early stages of detention,\" his confessions \"appear to be true and are corroborated in reporting from other sources.\" (credit:Getty )
Arbitrary Nature Of Prison System (02 of06)
Open Image ModalAs Le Monde is reporting, one \"low-value\" Iranian-Catholic detainee was kept in Guantanamo even after being deemed ready for release -- given his \"cooperative nature\" and in the interest of \"possible financing relations\" between Al Qaeda and traffickers. According to the cables, Abdul Majid Muhammed was deemed fit for release in 2002: \"The detainee is not affiliated with Al Qaeda or the Taliban. He was involved in drug trafficking. It is unlikely that he represents a risk for the U.S. or its allies.\" \n\n\n (credit:Getty )
High-Profile Detainee (03 of06)
Open Image ModalAn Al Jazeera journalist was reportedly held at Guantanamo Bay for six years partially so he could be interrogated about the network Sami al-Hajj, a Sudanese national and Al Jazeera cameraman, was captured in Pakistan in late 2001. Though he was never convicted or even tried of any terrorist ties, al-Hajj was held until 2008 because interrogators wanted to find out more about \"the al-Jazeera news network\'s training programme, telecommunications equipment, and newsgathering operations in Chechnya, Kosovo and Afghanistan, including the network\'s acquisition of a video of UBL [Osama bin Laden] and a subsequent interview with UBL,\" according to the cables. \n (credit:Getty )
Violent Threats Against Captors (04 of06)
Open Image ModalSome detainees are described as ruthlessly violent in the documents. As the New York Times reports, one detainee said \"he would like to tell his friends in Iraq to find the interrogator, slice him up, and make a shwarma (a type of sandwich) out of him, with the interrogator\'s head sticking out of the end of the shwarma.\" Another \"threatened to kill a U.S. service member by chopping off his head and hands when he gets out,\" and informed a guard that \"he will murder him and drink his blood for lunch. Detainee also stated he would fly planes into houses and prayed that President Bush would die.\" \n\n\n (credit:Getty )
'Impotence-Promoting' Drugs (05 of06)
Open Image ModalThe Washington Post reports Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged planner of the USS Cole attack, \"received injections to promote impotence\" to avoid being distracted by women, and \"recommended the injections to others so more time could be spent on the jihad.\" (credit:Getty )
Prisoner Details And Ranking System (06 of06)
Open Image ModalGitmo detainees are reportedly assessed \"high,\" \"medium\" or \"low\" in terms of their intelligence value, the threat they pose while in detention and the continued threat they might pose to the United States if released. As Reuters reports, most of the 172 remaining prisoners have been rated as a \"high risk\" of posing a threat to the United States and its allies if released without adequate rehabilitation and supervision. (credit:Getty )