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
USA Rugby and remained an appointed post until the position was dropped in 1996. Effective January 1996, an executive vice president was added. Effective March 2000, the Vice President was replaced with Athlete Vice President. Effective April 2004, the President title was replace with Chairman, and an USARRA Representative was added. Effective July 14, 2006 the governance was changed to a model with a board of directors nominated and approved by a congress. The governing body of USA Rugby opened a national office on June 3, 1988. The office has been headed by: USA Rugby USA Rugby (officially the United States of