Amnesty International USA as later in January 2009, when Susan J. Crawford, who was appointed by President Bush to be the Convening Authority for the Guantanamo military commissions became the first Bush administration official to concede that at least one individual was tortured at Guantanamo Bay. Affirming Amnesty International’s position that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld’s explanation for Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp’s existence was because of its optimal setting for interrogation and prosecution of extraordinarily dangerous persons for war crimes was in from Amnesty's view a thinly veiled excuse for allowing the use of torture. Amnesty International USA holds that all detainees
Structure of the Royal Navy in 1989 Structure of the Royal Navy in 1989 At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Royal Navy structure was as follows: The First Sea Lord was an Admiral of the Fleet who commanded Her Majesty's Naval Service. He was a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board and the Navy Board. The First Sea Lord was based in Whitehall, London and had the following officers supporting him: The Naval Service consisted of the following components The strength of the Royal Navy in 1989 was 65,500 men. "Jane's Fighting Ships 1989-1990" gives the