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I. Invitation to Cuba

II. The Psychology of Terrorists

III. Drexel University

IV. November 8, 2006

V. The Psychology of Captivity

VI. The Psychology of Prisons

VII. The Psychology of War

VIII. Preparations

IX. 1934

X. November 13, 2006

XI. Takeoff

XII. In The Air

XIII. Arrival at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

XIV. Briefing at Headquarters of the Joint Task Force

XV. Lunch

XVI. Guard Duty

XVII. Camp Delta

XVIII. Medical Treatment

XIX. Behavioral Services

XX. Camp 5

XXI. Departure from Guantanamo Bay

DESTINATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
The Legitimacy of GTMO: An Eyewitness Report, Page 18

A Travel Journal by Dr. Eric A. Zillmer
Pacifico Professor of Psychology at Drexel University


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We next met with the medical and behavioral health personnel. There is no question in my mind that the medical treatment of detainees at GTMO is looked after carefully. There is a surgeon on staff, as well as nurses and physicians. Everything from constipation to diabetes is treated. There is a fully stocked and functioning pharmacy inside the wire. For those detainee’s that are over 50 years old, most are in their 30s and 40s, even colonoscopies were offered. Fourteen detainees approved of the procedure we are told.

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