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Meanwhile, a local soldier whose unit was in charge of a detainee cell block at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 said he witnessed no mistreatment of detainees, though he said he wasn’t involved in and didn’t witness any interrogations. Joplin Army Reserve Capt. Marshall Hogue said he also saw no evidence of detainee abuse during his time in Iraq. “We treated all the detainees humanely and fairly,” Hogue said. He said the detainees were served three religiously appropriate meals a day. He also said detainees had access to showers, though not daily. Hogue said U.S. soldiers were living under the same conditions as the detainees, though soldiers were in tents and detainees were incarcerated about 150 yards away. “At no time were the detainees abused or anything like that by the guards,” Hogue said. “At no time were they treated with disrespect or abused or anything like that.” Hogue said that also was the case when he was in Iraq in 2005 and 2006, when he transported detainees from a detention center at the Baghdad airport to court hearings. He said because it was a combat zone, the detainees were given Kevlar vests to wear. “They were all given the same protection we were given,” Hogue said. “We were responsible for them.” He declined to share his opinions about what he has seen and read about the interrogation methods used on some detainees. “I don’t feel comfortable about that,” Hogue said. ‘Serious blow’ In statements on his Web site, U.S. Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., pointed out that President Obama didn’t release documents that Bond says detail how the interrogations resulted in “life-saving intelligence.” He also said the release of the interrogation memos has resulted in a victory for the American Civil Liberties Union at the price of national security. “The president’s decision is a serious blow to our terror-fighters and even worse, to their ability to obtain the intelligence we need to prevent another 9/11,” Bond’s statement reads. And while Obama also addressed the potential usefulness of the interrogation methods during his Wednesday news conference, he said unequivocally that he believes waterboarding is torture. 
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