Army Memo re: Detainee Operations Command Disposition Summary

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Summarizes detainee death and abuse cases in Iraq, AbuGharib, Ft. Meade. Of 40 deaths, it mentions 5 homicides and 17 death investigations still pending, 114 assault investigations including 6 sexual assaults. Summarizes 91 command dispositions, including 37 Article 15 and 32 court martials, and 4 cases referred to trial.

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Non-legal Memo
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Wednesday, June 2, 2004
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Sunday, May 15, 2005
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DETAINEE OPERATIONS COMMAND DISPOSITION SUMMARY

TOTAL DEATH CASES: 52
Natural/Undetermined Deaths: 21 Justifiable Homicide: 9 Homicides: 5 Death Investigations Still Pending: 17
Command Disposition in Death Cases:
GOMOR — 2 Insufficient Evidence of Abuse — 2 Administrative Discharge —1 NJP — 2 Court-Martial — 6 (5 pending, 1 complete) Command Disposition Pending - 15
OTHER ABUSE CASES:
Assault Investigations: 114 Sexual Assaults: 6 Theft: 20 Unit Investigations: 28
Command Disposition in Other Abuse Cases:
Closed Cases: 85
Of those closed cases: No action taken: 39 Command Action Taken: 35 Disposition Pending: 11
Pending Investigations: 82
Court-martial (GCM, BCD Special, Special, Summary): 45 NJP: 42 GOMOR: 12 Admin. Sep: 13
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Case breakdown
Detainee abuse cases

Total cases (as of 6-2-2004)
109
Death Investigations: 36 (40 deaths total)
CIDg 36
Unit 0
DF 33
Non-DF 3
Natural causes 10
Undetermined 5
Homicide 3
Justifiable homocide 5 (9 detainees total)
Investigations pending 13
Assault CID Unit DF Non-DF 28 23 30 21 51
Sexual Assault CID Unit DF Non-DF 3 0 2 1 3
Theft/Robbery CLD Unit DF Non-DF 18 1 0 19 19
Command Dispositions: 91
Court-martial Summary SpecCM BCD Special General Article 15 GO Field grade Company Unknown 11 1 4 16 3 21 0 13 32 37

GOMOR 8
Admin Separation 14

Note: Of the 32 Court Martial cases, 10 are still pending. Six of the pending are related to Abu Gharib, two others are pending in Iraq, one is pending at Ft_ Meade, and one is pending awaiting final action on Chapter 10 discharge. Of the completed cases, all but 2 have. resulted in convictions. One defendant was acquitted by GCM and another was acquitted by BCD-Special. In 8 cases, command disposition remains pending.

The 4 Cases Referred to Trial are as follows:
SPC ( 46) 03111C
Art 81 Conspiracy - t Spec
Art 92 Dereliction of Duty - 1 Spec
Art 93 Maltreatment - 2 Specs

SGT
Art 81 Conspiracy - 1 Spec
Art 92 Dereliction of Duty - 1 Spec
Art 93 Maltreatment - 1 Spec
Art 107 False Offical Statement - 1 Spec
Art 128 Assault - 2 Specs (both battery)

SSG
Art 81

81 Conspiracy - 2 Specs
Art 92 Dereliction of Duty - 1 Spec
Art 93 Maltreatment - 5 Specs
Art 128 Assault - 3 Specs (2 Specs Battery and 1 Spec Aggravated Assault)

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SPC Art 81 Conspiracy - 2 Specs
Art 92 Dereliction of Duty - l Spec
Art 93 Maltreatment - 4 Specs
Art 128 Assault - 4 Specs (2 Specs Battery and 2 Specs Aggravated Assault)
The Three Cases Not Yet Referred to Trial are as follows - (These charges are subject to amendment prior to referral or dismissal):
PFC (Article 32 Completed) Art 81 Conspiracy - 1 Spec Art 92 Dereliction of Duty - t Spec Art 93 Maltreatment - 1 Spec Art 134 Indecent Act - l Spec (observing detainees masturbate) Lki
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SPC (Article 32 delayed until June to accommodate schedule of CDC, MEM
Art 81 Conspiracy - 1 Spec
Art 92 Dereliction of Duty - 1 Spec
Art 93 Maltreatment - 5 Specs
Art 107 False Official Statement - 1 Spec
Art 128 Assault - 1 Spec (battery)
Article 134 - Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline 3 Specs (2 Specs of desecrating a corpse by unzipping body bag and taking or posing for pictures with corpses and 1 Spec of Indecent Act by observing detainees masturbate), to_ /
PFC (Charged at Fort Bragg)
Art 81 Conspiracy - 1 Spec
Art 128 Assault - 3 Specs (all batteries)
Art 134 - Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline - 9 Specs
-L Spec indecent act by observing detainees masturbate
-1 Spec wrongfully position a detainee in front of the groin of a masturbating detainee
-7 Specs for wrongfully photographing detainees or posing in photographs with detainees
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63