G.I. Attacked During Training
U.S. Soldier Brutally Beaten By Soldiers At Guantanamo
Nov. 3, 2004
(CBS) Pictures from Abu Ghraib prison tell a story that has shocked the world.
There are no pictures of what happened in the prison camp at Guantanamo last year. But Correspondent Bob Simon has a shocking story -- and it's not about what Americans did to foreign detainees. It's about what Americans did to a fellow American soldier, Sean Baker.
Sean Baker has seizures an average of four times a week. 60 Minutes Wednesday went to see him a few weeks ago in a New York hospital.
Baker, a National Guardsman, was working last year as a military policeman in the Guantanamo Bay prison when other MPs injured him during a training drill. It was a drill during which Baker was only obeying orders.
"I was assaulted by these individuals," says Baker. "Pure and simple."
It’s all the more bizarre because Baker was considered a model soldier and he had served as an MP in Saudi Arabia during the First Gulf War.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/02/60II/main652953.shtml~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It's despicable that as soon as they learned they had beaten an American soldier by mistake (although they had arranged that test earlier!) suddenly the videotape which is ALWAYS available turned up missing, so he had nothing he could take to higher authorities.
This is absolutely dirty, dishonest behavior. You just wouldn't expect to see such sneakiness from the U.S. gummint.
They undoubtedly realized the story was far larger than just this man, as it was direct proof of what can happen to someone they identify as a prisoner, even when they find him in a completely non-threatening condition.