Erik Saar

A United States Army enlisted intelligence soldier, Sgt. Erik R. Saar was the co-author of the 2005 Inside the Wire : A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo, together with Viveca Novak.[1]

He had worked as an Arabic translator for six months from December 2002 to June 2003 at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps[2] which he later described as a "dysfunctional facility where prisoner abuse was all but inevitable".[3] He described faked interrogations, sexual interrogation techniques and physical assaults of prisoners.[4][5]

References
  1. "About the Author - Erik Saar". eriksaar.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010.
  2. "Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo". Democracy Now!.
  3. Roychoudhuri, Onnesha (May 24, 2005). "Inside the Wire: An Interview With Erik Saar". Mother Jones. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. Harris, Paul (8 May 2005). "Soldier lifts lid on Camp Delta". The Guardian.
  5. Tate, Julie (8 May 2005). "Erik Saar and Viveca Novak's Inside the Wire". Washington Post.


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