This article is about Admiral Albert T. Church

Albert T. Church

Vice Admiral Albert Thomas Church III is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. Church served as the Naval Inspector General and then Director of the Navy Staff until his retirement from active duty in 2005....

's 2004 Report on allegations of abuse of extrajudicial detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas...

. See also the report of the 1975 Report of the US Senate Church Committee

Church Committee

The Church Committee is the common term referring to the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, a U.S. Senate committee chaired by Senator Frank Church in 1975. A precursor to the U.S...

 that recommended reform of the US Intelligence establishment.

The Church Report is the colloquial name for a report into allegations of the abuse of extrajudicial detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas...

, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

, Admiral

Admiral

Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...

 Albert T. Church III.
United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Secretary of Defense appointed Church to investigate the abuse allegations on May 25, 2004.

The Executive Summary was published on March 11, 2005. While the full report remains classified, a heavily redacted

Redaction

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 copy of it has been obtained by the ACLU who, on February 11, 2009, published an excerpt allegedly proving illegal abuses of power had resulted in the death of several individuals.