User:Geo Swan/Steve Gabavics
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Steve Gabavics | |
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.JPG) Colonel Steve Gabavics | |
| Nationality | USA |
| Occupation | military officer |
| Known for | Warden of the Guantanamo concentration camp |
Steve Gabavics is an officer in the United States Army.[1] In 2016 he replaced Colonel John Bogdan as commander of the Guantanamo concentration camps Joint Detention Group, making him the warden of the controversial camp.
Gabavics reinstated the practice of assigning female guards to escort suspects to their Guantanamo military commissions.[2] The practice was controversial because guards are called upon to insert their fingers up the suspects' anal tract, nominally to ensure they aren't smuggling contraband.
In 2016 Gabavics described how a remedial program had exposed how some of the prisoners' artistic talent.[3]
In February, 2018, Gabavics described the captives' reaction to watching President Donald Trump give his 2018 State of the Union address to Congress.[4]
Gabavics has defended plans to prepare Guantanamo for decades of detaining individuals who have never faced criminal charges.[5][6][7][8]
Gabavics's last day in command of the Guantanamo Guard Force was June 26, 2018.[9] He was replaced by Colonel Steven G. Yamashita.
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Molly O'Toole (2017-02-20). "Guards and Detainees Alike Left in Limbo at Trump's Guantánamo". Foreign Policy magazine. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
Asked about the prison's dark legacy and new fears over its future, Gabavics said simply: "We will not use torture." Echoing what other military leaders have said, he added, "Whatever ultimately comes down, we'll execute in accordance with the law."
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Carol Rosenberg (2016-07-10). "Guantánamo warden: Women to escort Sept. 11 defendants 'if mission dictates'". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
Army Col. Steve Gabavics, showing reporters around a portion of the Detention Center Zone, said he learned Friday at about 5 p.m. that the judge had lifted a Jan. 7, 2015, temporary restraining order on women escorting the Sept. 11 defendants to court or legal meetings.
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Justin Merriman (2016-09-03). "An inside look at Gitmo as detention facility faces uncertain future". Pittsburg Tribune. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
'We have some phenomenal artistic capabilities here in some of our detainees, who make everything ... full-blown ships that they make out of cardboard, with sails and everything else,' Gabavics says. A guard helped a prisoner with the ship, cutting up pieces of cardboard used for the ship's hull and T-shirts to create sails.
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Carol Rosenberg (2018-02-04). "Guantánamo captives watched Trump's State of the Union — and weren't surprised". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
'It's Gitmo. Nothing's happening soon,' said Army Col. Steve Gabavics, the chief of the guard force, adding that the detainees watched the address and 'they talked about it. The reality is, they're always happy to see Gitmo in the news.'
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Ben Fox (2018-06-07). "U.S. military plans as if Guantanamo won't close for decades". CTV News. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
'We've got to plan for the long term,' Army Col. Stephen Gabavics, commander of the guard force, told reporters this week. 'We ultimately have to plan for whether or not they are going to be here for the rest of their lives.'
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Carol Rosenberg (2018-02-12). "Making Guantánamo Great Again: The prison's media makeover". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
To his right, his guard force commander appeared to stand at parade rest, an Army posture, in a sharp contrast to past press encounters when Army Col. Steve Gabavics patiently took questions around a conference table.
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Carol Rosenberg (2018-06-06). "Gitmo commanders make pitch for new prison with hospice-care wing for ex-CIA captives". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
The current Camp 7 has structural problems, including cracks in the wall and a shifting foundation, but is not currently a health or safety hazard to either the captives or their guards, Ring and Gabavics told reporters in a wide-ranging, nearly 90-minute interview.
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"US Military Plans for Guantanamo to Stay Open Indefinitely". Voice of America. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
Gabavics noted that he and his team have a responsibility to care for the prisoners, no matter what the political situation in the U.S. is. 'We have the responsibility to provide for their safety, care and custody so all that we ask is that we get the resources we need to be able do that,' he said.
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"JDG Commander bids farewell to Troopers during Fun Run". JTF-GTMO. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
The JDG will bid farewell to Gabavics and welcome incoming JDG Commander, Col. Steven G. Yamashita during a change-of-command ceremony, June 27.
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