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Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Bruce Vargo is a
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officer in the
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. He was appointed the commander of
Joint Task Force Guantanamo Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the base. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command. Since January 2002 the command ...
's Joint Detention Group—its guard force from 2008 to 2009. Vargo was one of the officers interviewed for a
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documentary entitled ''" Inside Guantanamo"''. Vargo confirmed the existence of secret
Camp 7 Camp Seven (also known as Camp Platinum) is the most secure camp known within the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Its existence was kept secret for the first two years of its use. It was constructed to hold the fourteen "high-value d ...
, and confirmed that he was responsible for the security at all the other camps, but not Camp 7. Vargo was interviewed in February 2008, about attempts to treat captives more humanely, and to offer classes to provide intellectual stimulation. He defended the new humane efforts on the grounds that captives distracted by classes would be less likely to attack the guards under his command. Vargo was interviewed about the use of extreme force in the force-feeding of
hunger striker A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change. Hunger strikers that do not take fluids are named d ...
Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair. Vargo was previously an award-winning amateur wrestler. Vargo has also competed on the US team of a form of unarmed combat developed in the former
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called "
SAMBO Sambo may refer to: Places * Sambo, Angola, a commune in Tchicala Tcholohanga, Huambo Province, Angola * Sambo Creek, a village in Honduras People * Ferdy Sambo (born 1973), former Indonesian police general * Khem Sambo (1961–2011), Cambodi ...
"(short for "SAMozaschita Bez Oruzhiya", self-defense without weapons ).


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