Disputes Assertions He Participated in A Cover-up of Murder At Guantanamo
On January 18, 2010, Bumgarner disputed claims he participated in a cover-up of three murder at Guantanamo, of captives who had at the time been reported to have committed suicide. According to the Associated Press an email from Bumgarner stated: "this blatant misrepresentation of the truth infuriates me." According to the Associated Press Bumgarner asserted he wanted to refute the story in more detail, but would have to get clearance from his superiors first.
Journalist and attorney Scott Horton published an article in Harper's magazine asserting that the three captives did not hang themselves in their cells, but rather died during their interrogations at "Camp No". According to Horton, during interviews with former guards, he had learned that Bumgarner had briefed guards at 7:00am, hours after the men's death, telling the guards that the press would be fed a false story that the men hung themselves, and that the guards were expected to back this story up.
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