Nuland Hanged at GITMO, Ahead of Schedule
Victoria Nuland was hanged at Guantanamo Bay Thursday afternoon after telling a fellow detainee that Admiral Crandall was a âcowardly wimpâ who lacked the âballsâ to execute or order the execution of someone of her distinction and prominence. She also boasted, through deceit or delusion, she had surrendered to JAG voluntarily because âPresident Obamaâ wanted her on the inside to gather intelligence on GITMO activities. âI can leave anytime I want, today even, and thereâs nothing anyone here can do to stop me,â Nuland boasted.
Detainees at Camp Deltaâs âdeath rowâ typically spend their last days in isolation and have no contact with even their nearest neighbors. They have no amenities or privileges and leave their cells under heavy guard twice weekly to shower. However, overcrowding and JAGâs reluctance to methodize same-day executionsâhang them immediately upon convictionâhave led to inmates mingling in corridors, passing notes, and speaking to one another through air vents discreetly.
Nuland didnât know the meaning of âdiscretionâ and wanted the inhabitants to understand that her freedom, unlike theirs, was only a phone call away. âOne call, one call to Biden or Obama, thatâs all it takes and Iâm out of here. You canât go home, but I can. I can leave this place whenever I want, today even,â Nuland told an inmate.
A guard overheard Nulandâs bragging and reported her to the watch commander, who reportedly informed Admiral Crandall that Nulandâs behavior had become intolerable and disruptive.
Admiral Crandall honored her with a personal visit.
âSo, word on the street is you can leave GITMO today, detainee Nuland. Iâve thought about this and decided youâre right: you leave today.â
The color drained from Nulandâs face. âNo, no, you said the sixteenth. You promised. Todayâs only the eleventh,â Nuland said.
âI promised you nothing, detainee Nuland. I said âtentativelyâ the sixteenth, and tentative means whatever I say it means. And it means now,â the admiral said.
Two hours later, Nuland stood atop the gallows quaking in fear with a rope around her neck and terror in her eyes. She did not answer when the admiral asked if she had final words, as if fear had sucked the breath from her mouth.
âLast chance,â the admiral said.
Nuland seemed to muster a bit of courage. She straightened her body and took a deep breath.
âI pledge allegiance to Obamaââ
âHell of a lot of good he did for you,â the admiral quipped, nodding his head as he watched Nulandâs soon-to-be lifeless body dangling from the rope and gasping for air.
At the utterance of Obamaâs name, he had ordered the hangman to open the door underneath Nulandâs feet.
She was pronounced dead three minutes later.