Montgomery J. Granger
Montgomery J. Granger is an officer the United States Army Reserves who wrote a book about his experience helping to provide medical care to captives at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. In civilian life Granger works supporting amateur sports in the East Hamptons.[1][2]
Granger was one of the members of the military whose writing was included in the book Operation Homecoming.[3]
In 2010 Granger voiced criticism that former Guantanamo captive David Hicks was allowed to publish his memoirs, even though he had been convicted by a Guantanamo military commission, and Australia had laws that prohibited convicts profiting from their crimes -- including collecting royalties.[4][5]
Jason Leopold and Jeffrey Kaye quoted from Grangers's book while trying to document their criticism that the "presumptive" treatment of all Guantanamo captives with the controversial anti-malarial drug mefloquine.[6] They quoted Granger's account that an entomologist at the base said that there were no insects that serve as vectors for malaria at Guantanamo. They quoted Granger's account that there were "more and more psychoses" among the captives as early as February 2002 -- which they argued were a well-known side-effect of mefloquine.
References
- ↑ Oliver Peterson (2010-03-08). "In the ADs office with Monty Granger". East Hamptom Press. http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Sag-Harbor/264599/In-the-ADs-office-with-Monty-Granger. Retrieved 2013-10-04. "His background is varied, to say the least. He studied health, physical education, recreation and dance and earned a bachelor of science in education from the University of Alabama in 1985 and earned his masters in curriculum and teaching at the Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City."
- ↑ Michael Dobie (2003-02-16). "The Stigma Of Suing". Newsday. p. B.09. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/279618656.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb%2016,%202003&author=Michael%20Dobie&pub=Newsday%20%28Combined%20editions%29&edition=&startpage=&desc=The%20Stigma%20Of%20Suing. Retrieved 2013-10-04. "When other parents complained their daughters would see less playing time because of Sam, Comsewogue athletic director Montgomery Granger reassigned Sam to the junior varsity."
- ↑ Dan Harris (2006-09-28). "'Now It Is a Disaster … Called Iraq'". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=2504142&page=1. Retrieved 2013-10-04. ""It was catharsis. It was a venting, a letting out," said Capt. Montgomery Granger, an Army reservist who has been on three tours of duty and is a father of four. Their words are part of the book "Operation Homecoming," which was commissioned by the government in a writing project bringing distinguished authors including Tom Clancy and Mark Bowden to help soldiers and their families write about their experiences."
- ↑ "Gitmo Lashing". Sydney Morning Herald. 2010-10-20. http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/top-judges-answer-draws-a-pregnant-pause-20101019-16slp.html?skin=text-only. Retrieved 2013-10-04. "The Strategic Book Group issued a press release entitled 'It appears Random House does [their italics] think crime pays' criticising Hick's publisher. It features quotes from the retired US Army reserve major Montgomery J. Granger criticising Hicks."
- ↑ "Publisher attacked over Hicks book". The Australian. 2010-10-19. http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/publisher-attacked-over-hicks-book/story-e6frfku0-1225940614256. Retrieved 2013-10-04. "Mr Granger says his book will answer Hicks' "lies" about the notorious US jail. "David Hicks was there when I was there and he was famous for threatening to kill an American before he left," Mr Granger said. "He threatened and abused guards and this is in my book."
- ↑ Jason Leopold, Jeffrey Kaye. "Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to "Pharmacologic Waterboarding"". Webdiary. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20101203211638/http://webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/3137. Retrieved 2013-10-04. ""There is more and more psychosis becoming evident in detainees ...," wrote Granger, an Army Reserve major and medic who was stationed at Guantanamo in 2002. "We already have probably a dozen or so detainees who are psychiatric cases. The number is growing.""
