The Guantanamo Files
The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison

The first book to tell the story of every man trapped in Guantanamo.

The book also uncovers stories of torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo, and contains new information about the process of 'extraordinary rendition' that underpins the US administration's 'war on terror'. Who will speak for the 773 men who have been held in Guantanamo? This passionate and brilliantly detailed book brings their stories to the world for the first time.

Introduction1.'Operation Enduring Freedom'2.The Qala-i-Janghi massacre3.The convoy of death4.Tora Bora5.Escape to Pakistan: 'Osama's bodyguards'6.Escape to Pakistan: Saudis and Yemenis7.Flight to Pakistan: the diaspora8.Kandahar9.From Sheberghan to Kandahar10.Others captured in Afghanistan11.Guantanamo opens12.House raids and other arrests in Pakistan13.The capture of Abu Zubaydah and its aftermath14.Bagram15.Torture, abuse and false confessions in Guantanamo16.'Extraordinary rendition,' 'ghost' prisoners and secret prisons17.Losing the war in Afghanistan18.Challenging the law19.Suicides, hunger strikes, medical malpractice and the abuse of the Koran20.Endgame? Notes Index