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

In early 2006, the Pentagon released 7000 pages of transcripts from tribunals assessing the status of the 759 men illegally detained in Guantanamo Bay. This book weaves together the story of the prison and its inmates. It uncovers evidence of many appalling acts, including mass killings of prisoners in Afghanistan.

The book also includes extensive allegations of torture in US Afghan prisons, as well as within Guantanamo itself. Who will speak for the 759 men who still remain in Guantanamo? This passionate and brilliantly detailed book brings their stories to the world for the first time. This is the story of the US government's illegal arrest and shocking treatment of the 759 prisoners countries in Guantanamo Bay. Truly unique: No one else has analysed the entire 7000 pages of the inmates' tribunal transcripts. The book uncovers evidence of many appalling acts, including mass killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and bounty hunters picking people up in Pakistan for $5000 a head.

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