An email by an FBI agent regarding an observation of a non-FBI approved tactic being used on a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The FBI agent reports observing a detainee sitting on the floor of a room with an Israeli flag draped around him, loud music being played and a strobe light flashing. The agents presumes from a nearby person's uniform that this practice was being used by the Department of Defense/Department of Homeland Security. All FBI personnel were told not to take part in any such interviews or interrogations which fell outside the FBI's policy of interviewing detainees.
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Following a d,eta,lnee interview exact date unknown, while leaving the' interview building at Camp Delta at
approximately 8:30 p.m. or later, I heard and observed in the hallway loud music and flashes of light. I walked
from the hallway into the open door of a monitoring room to see what was going on.. From the monitoring room, I
looked inside the adjacent interview' room. At that time I saw another detainee sitting on the floor of the interview
. room with an Israeli flag draped around him, loud music being played and a strobe light flashing. l leftthe .
monitoring room immediately after seeing this activity. I did not see any other persons inside the inter.view room
with the Israeli flag draped detainee, but suspect that this was a practice used by the DOD DHS since the only
other persons inside the hallway near this particular interview room were dressed in green military fatigues,
similar to the ones worn by DOD DHS and the DOD MP Uniformed Reservists: At no time dldl observe any
physical assaults take place of this detainee nor any others while assigned to GTMO.
I understood prior to deployment to GTMO, that such techniques were not allowed, nor approved by FBI
policy. While at GTMO no such techniques were never conducted to my knowledge by any of the CITF personnel
assigned at GTMO. . .
Approximately one or two days later, DHS tactics were discussed at a weeKly held CITF staff meeting, Many of
the CITF investigators discussed how some of the DHS tactics had been counterproductive in building rapport
with detainees who were being interviewed by CITF members. Acting FBI SSAI ~dvised that no
CITF personnel incliJding FBI agents were to take part in any such interviews 'or interrogations which fell-outside
the FBI's policy of interviewing detainees. ASSAI lalso advised us that if we became aware of any
similar instances where agressive DHS tactics had been observed to notify him, provide details, and he .
'would make these instances known to appropriate GTMO DOD and DOJ officials. It should be noted that while at
GTMO, ASS~ lacted in an exemplary manner and represented the FBI as a consumate
professional. This summary details the only incident I have to report regarding observing a non-FBI approved
tactic being used on a detainee at GTMO. .. . . .
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Could you please provide a short summary of what you observed. Thanks.
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