About John Edmundson
John Edmundson was a military officer.
Captain John Edmundson USN was the chief doctor at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
During a reporter's tour of the 48-bed facility in January 2005, Edmundson revealed, in an off-hand comment, that 23 detainees had tried to hang themselves in a simultaneous mass-suicide bid in late 2003. Edmundson said that the men showed no sign of despair or suicidal tendencies.
Edmundson's boss, Admiral Harry Harris, stirred controversy by calling the suicides "acts of asymmetrical warfare". A June 28, 2006 Los Angeles Times article quotes Edmundson: "If you ask my opinion, I agree with the admiral that this was somewhat of a political statement."
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