This email from an FBI agent on a tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay discusses announcement from the Pentagon that four (4) detainees were being repatriated to their respected countries (three Afghans and one Tajik). Memo states that upon news, detainees threatened a mass suicide and there was unrest in the camp, however, no suicides were reported and the unrest settled. The memo also discusses the logistics of the released detainees and the transfer of future Guantanamo Bay detainees.</p>
-GTMO. Update Page 1 b6 -1 • . 1.7C -1: b6 -1 I 1 To: 13AU/GASM1RC h7C -1 Date: • • • Sun, Oct 20, 2002 9;11 PM . • . • . • • Subject: • GTMO Update '.. Hello tdall,; • • Some quick information On. what's going on here at Guantanamo ..Bay: • . • '. • . . . -=,•• ..k.t. -,7-,:..c1 ...h. •,!1,...,v4.4 i.,.•..,, . ro----. , 77.:*, 141e32. -='1.5 S••+;...;,,,r f ' ,„,,,,.i.,,.....-,..,,,,,:,..-•;.7 C7.• •-• ...,- OT-51.4.... ,... i,..tr. .....¦ .7 ,4;,- 1 ..,,: x,;c. , s..:, A..... , . • • • 1111-week, the decision finally came the•15entag--c-ri) arifhorizin-dffie lepafriati•Oii' of foul' (4) • Detainees. General Durileavey made a Camp Delta-wide speech, translated into.Pashtu, Arabic, Urdu, . ..,, .. •etC., in.which.he mad•the announcement to all.the Detainee's. Three (3).Afghansand a Tajik were taken • out of the Camp and are currently being held at another location. They will be taken .b.a6k to their. •respective countries in late October and the same plane will return with between ten (10) to thirty-four (34) new Detainees. •. . • • - • • , . . . . . .• . After the above•activities;•theCamp•erupted in unrest and there was a threat of mass•suicide by the • • Detainees. Needless to.say, no suicides and. Camp quickly 'settled down. . • • .. • . '..... ... • . . • . - . • . . . - . • ' • .: . .. Camp,111 opened yesterday (10/19/2002 -Saturday) and the movement of the Detainees to the new Carnp , will.begin tomorrow (10/21/2002- Monday). Prior to any Detainee movement, the MP's will do amass • sweep of all of the individual, cell blocks. . Last week, SSA of FBIHQ's GTMO Task Force was here for three(3) days meeting with all the appropriate personnel. ssesed a number of issues down here and welcomed our input. He is b6 -1 . .. - . .• It going to set Up afneeting at HO for Ito "brief soiled. thetbManagernent on what's going on.' . b7C -1. doviin here on a daily basis: . • .7 .. • • .. . . . , i. • - • lave been verv•heavilv involved with•two (2) specific; bet-Pin.Pi=s both on thir. FRI 'list I . • . b5 1 ..,/ b6 -1,4 . . .. . , . . .b7C -1, 4 • ..T.tle new FBI group (inciuilingsfaur NYPD Defectives) is settling i n and beComing•more and more.' • ... . comfortable with the routine down here: The • group (AF OSI,•Army CID, and•NCIS) that I rotated in . .. • • with will be leavingveryOon,.also.They were a great group of peOplelo work with..• ::: : .., . •• • •• • . . • . • •• The BAUkequest form has waked out great and alldwed .usiopioritizeou t timemUch, Much better.' ' The fact is that this deployment can be whatever you want ittb be, you are literally 'on your own. • •. .. - ' • . • Well, I'm out of here on Friday on the Bulpfahe to Ft. Lauderdale and then on'to WDC. I'll see y'all next week •. .• • P; S..- Today (Sunday) was our scheduled 'day off) kere et Delta from 8:00 a.m..until 3:00 p.m. b6 -1 and you see the time•of this e-mail. Very, very typical of life on the :Island:" b7C -1 • .• . ................ .................... • • • • .• . • • • DETAINEES-2917 DOJFBI 003164