Memo contains statements from an interviewee interviewed with [redacted] on June 4, 2004. Stated that from September 2003 to March 2004 they served as C2X of CJTF-7, Command and Control Exercise of the Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Iraq.
States in the memo that he/she replaced MG Fast as the president of the Article 78 Board (Security Internee and Review Board).
In the memo, also describes logistical aspects of screening detainees and the workings of the Article 78 Board.
Memo notes that the interviewee did not submit a sworn statement.
29 June 2004
CJTF7-TF Fay
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: Interview o
1. On 17 June 2004, the undersigned interviewed
hereinafter referred to as Source, concerning his know e ge of detainee file locations an procedures. Source provided the following response in a separate Word document:
Q: Where are the DAB assessments? Where are the detainee files?
A: From September 2003 through March 20041 was the C2X of CJTF-7. As such I had responsibility for staff oversight of all interrogation operations in Iraq. From November 2003 through February 2004 I replaced MG Fast as the president of the Article 78 Board (Security Internee Appeal and Review Board.) From February to the time of my departure I participated as an MI rep (twice a week) on
the standing release board.
Of the entire detainee population in Iraq, only a small percentage was considered
as "MI holds." These "MI hold" detainees were physically kept at Camp Vigilant
at the Abu Ghuraib prison complex, and they were interrogated at the JIDC. The
-security holds" or "criminal holds."
remaining detainees were considered as These security and criminal detainees were kept at separate camps within the Abu Ghuraib prison complex. Of the total number of "MI hold" detainees, only a small percentage were ever assessed by. the DAB. Specifically, the DAB only assessed those detainees who were being considered for release from "Nll hold" status. This typically occurred once they had been fully exploited and had no further intelligence value. When the DAB declared a detainee was of "no intel. value" and no longer a "MI hold", the detainee was physically moved from Camp Vigilant over to Camp Ganci (general security hold population) within the prison complex.
SJA personnel out at the Abu Ghuraib prison complex maintained hard copy dossiers on each security internee. The assessments produced by the DAB were added to these hard copy detainee dossiers as appropriate. The dossiers of "security hold" detainees were considered by the release board. (Note: The board
hold" detainees for release.) Each wee
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from SJA would make arrangements to have the hard copy dossiers of "sccuri hold" detainees physically transported to Camp Victory, so they could be considered by the release board
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At Camp Victory the CFI management section (comprised of about five to seven personnel). This section
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Within the interrogation operations management section there were a couple of NCOs who were responsible for sporting the release board. (Note: While I was h r these NCOs include ey worked closely wt
The SJA developed the docket for the upcoming boards. The NCOS from the interrogation management section ran name traces on the docketS through the Intelligence Fusion Center (IFC). The NCOs from the interrogation management section would also physically review each hard copy detainee dossier prior to the release board and annotate on a checklist in each file that the detainee was not
In preparation for the boards a CID officer
considered an "MI Hold." (Note: would also review the dossiers and annotated on the checklist whether the detainee was on "CID hold.") Once Nil and MP had do'• es ctive revie s the dossiers were then handed back over to SJ
e releas'rd was comprisedFrom September 2003 through November 20 1 'In Novemberof MG Fast (MI), BG Karpinski (MP), an• ' 1, and a JAG MAJ
2003 I re'MG Fast, an MP LTC replace'replace We met twice a week and reviewed an average of 100 files totes per wee in February 2004 a 1.2SMC JAG COL from Camp Lejeune
arrived and established a standing release board. The MP representative was a LTC and the MI representative was a COL (a duty rotated between four COLs in the C2 section.) The standing release board considered about 100 files per day,
six days a week.
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2. Source did not execute a sworn statement
3 Point of Contact for this memorandum is the undersigned at Conn.41111.
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