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An Army general who supervised the detention of insurgents in Iraq and ran the prison for terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was lauded at a retirement ceremony Monday as an innovator and an exceptional leader.
Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the fourth-highest Army commendation.
Miller led a team from Guantanamo to Iraq in September 2003 to advise on detention operations at Abu Ghraib just weeks before U.S. soldiers there abused Iraqi detainees, using dogs and sexual humiliation.
Dog teams were sent to Abu Ghraib in November 2003 on Miller’s recommendation. An Army investigation cleared Miller of wrongdoing.
