Copper Green is reportedly one of several code names for a U.S. black ops program in which coercive psychological and physical measures were used on detainees in military prisons.
[1] According to Hersh, the task force was formed with the direct approval of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan,[2] and run by Deputy Undersecretary Stephen Cambone.
[1] According to the article, the sexual humiliation techniques were based on the book, The Arab Mind, written by cultural anthropologist Raphael Patai in 1973.
Department of Defense spokesperson Lawrence Di Rita issued a statement about the accusations, referring to them as "outlandish, conspiratorial, and filled with error and anonymous conjecture".
[3] Senators on Capitol Hill, most notably the former POW John McCain, promised to investigate the reported claims, "regardless of where it leads".