This email includes a chain of forwarded emails expressing an Army CID's desire to interview FBI special agents who are witnesses in an investigation surrounding allegations of prisoner abuse. The prisoner alleges to have been tortured in "an act called the scorpion," cuffed, dragged and punched. File name: DOIJOIG001732
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FOGLE, TONI M. (INSD) (FBI)
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From: I(OPR) (FBI)
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 9:52 AM
To: FOGLE,TONI M. (INSD) (FBI)
Subject: RE: BOC E-mail.Priority.IL....-_106/29/2004. US Army CID request to interview FBI SA's re
detainee abuse allegation
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Toni: I hand carried the opening documenttOto be open~d and assigned. ThanksD
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From: FOGLE, TONI M. (INSD) (FBI)
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Subject: FW: BOC E-mail.PriorityrL-j06/29/2004! US Army cro request to interview FBI SA's re
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Make sure a couple of Agents or-r--lteam move fast on this one. It's going to be a very high profile
case no matterwhat the outco~~-
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From: MCCRAW, STEVEN C. (INSD) (FBI)
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 20047:31 AM
To: HARRINGTON, T J. (CTO) (FBI . PISTOLE JOHN S. DO) (FBI)
Cc: FOGLE, TONI M. (INSD) (FBI)p--_~~ooo:=~~(OPR) (FBI)
Subject: RE: BOC E-mail, Priority 06/29/2004, USArmy cro request to interview FBI SA's re
detainee, abuse allegation
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Tom, thanks.we will coordiante with Army CID. They reached out to us yesterday. Thanks, Steve
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From: HARRINGTON, T J. (CTD) (FBI)
Sent: Thursday, July 01,20046:36 AM
To: PISTOLE, JOHN S. (DO) (FBI); MCCRAW, STEVEN C. (INSD) (FBI)
SUbject: FW: BOC E-mail.Priorityr==J 06/29/2004, USArmy etc request to interview FBI SA's
re detainee abuse allegation
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Gentlemen, this is the only email traffic that CTD is aware of involving the Army's efforts to
investigate detainee abuse and espressing a need to interview FBI personnel. Tom H
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From:1 I(CfD) (FBI)
Sent: Tuesday, June 29 20041:24 PM
TO~ hNSD) (FBI); MAXWELL, RICKY L. (CfD) (FBI); HULON, WILLIE T. (CfD)
(FBI); HARRINGTON, T J. (CTD) (F,IDL....
Subject: RE: BOC E-mail.Priority.L-J 06/29/2004, USArmy cro request to interview FBI SA's
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Was this individual interviewed by us? I have asked the unit to check this out and determine if a 302
was prepared. If so, the 302 (or an LHM with the information contained) will be turned over to the
military. We did a complete scrub a month ago of all the detainee 302's looking for any allegation of
abuse. Only two were found. One was from an MEK female which turned out to be nothing, and
the other was from one individual who claimed he was abused by the Iraqi Police. NSLB has
already approached me on this issue and think the handing over the 302 (or LHM equivalent) is
appropriate. Keepme posted. Tom
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From:[ ICINSD) (FBI)
Sent: Tuesday, June 29,20048:30 AM
To: VANNUYS, THOMAS J. (CfD) (FBI); BRIESE, M C. (CfD) (FBI); MAXWELL, RICKY L.
(CfD) (FBI) A: HARRINGTON, T J. (CfD) (FBI); BALD, GARY M. (CfD) (FBI);I ----l
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Subject: BOC E-mail.Priority.c::::::::J 06/29/2004, USArmy cto request to interview FBI
SA'sre detainee abuse allegation
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Today, two representatives from the 78th MP Detachment (CID) visited the BOC to advise
that a detainee at the Abu Ghurayb Prison alleged ola 17 June that when he was initially
detained in February, he was abused by the detaining unit. The CID representatives
produced records indicatin that on.04 March 2004, sPi IWFO, "witnessed" the
detention of an Iraqi civilian suspected of attacks on Coalition forces,
inasmuch as S si ned a Coalition Provisional Authority Forces Apprehension form b 6
indicating he witnessed being detained, and he dated it "3/4/04."1 Idate of b7 C
detention, according to military records, was either 26 February 'or 04 March; however, c::::::::J
is alleging abuse during his detention on BIAP in February. Military records indicate the
detaining unit as 2/501st MP; however, there is no clear record on what unit initially
apprehendedc:::J Also, a Detainee Tracking form bearingI Iname indicates he was
apprehendedon 26 February 2004, and arrived at the "internment facility" (likely a reference
to the Abu Ghurayb Prison since it is referred to as such in other documents) on 11 March
2004.
In addition to the document indicating that s~ IWitnessedl lapprehension, the
CID representatives produced two DO Form 2708's, Receipt for Inmate or Detained Person,
bearing the name of sAl lalso from WFO. One of the forms indicates that
SAl Iturned overc::::::::Jto a representative of the 2/501st MP at "01:11" on "040304,"
very likely a reference to 04 March 2004 since the form requests that the date be presented b 6
as "YYYYMMDD." The form also has an annotation in the remarks column stating, "receved b7C
[sic] in good health with minor bruising/scatches." Note, the annotation, "with minor
bruising/scratches" appears in a different style of writing than the annotation, "receved in
good health." The second DO Form 2708 indicates that sf\! Irec~ivedc=Jfrom
the 2/501 st MP on 20040305, at 07:16. This form-contains the following annotation: "Receve
in good, FBI (unreadable) for question". Also, written below the space provided within the
margins of the form is the annotation, "Cell 8." .
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The CID representatives stated that detainee abuse investigations received t~eir hiahest
priority; therefore, they were seeking to expeditiously locate SA's[ ~ndL Jso
that they may be interviewed. I advised the CID representatives that I would forward their c: re uest to FBIHQ. The CID representative in Iraq serving as the POC for this matter is
r-- ITath MP Detachment (CID), Bldg 84, Camp Victory, DNVT 537-1609/1610,
cell JSIP~ tyirag.centcom.smil.mil.
,..u.~"""1.1 representatives only expressed an interest in interviewing S~ ~nd SA
There are however, two sworn stateQ'lents in the detainee file, one SIgned by SA
L.,,-__....,...,.......,...._r---.u.~FO,and the other bn. IDL. Both statements attest to
the need to kee in detention due to information indicating he is associated with a
terrorist group (NFl) responsible for attacks on Coalition forces.
We searched ACS for~referencestoO Re~ults were negative.
I will have a copy ofc=Jdetain~e file faxed to FBIHQ, attention UC Ricky Maxwell, ASAP.
Please note thatllhas not mentioned the FBI or any of the agents discussed above in
his abuse allega~CID is pursuing interviews w,i.1b..Q.u.r.,agents since their names appear
. on documents indicating they likely had contact witt-L-Jwhile he was detained on the
BIAP before he was transferred to the Abu Ghurayb prison.c::::::::Jis alleging abuse during
this period. In a written statement.c::::Jclaims, "They tortured me and cuffed me in an act
called the scorpion, and pouring cold water on me. They tortured me from the morning until
the morning of the next day, and when I fell down from the severing torture I fell on the
barbed wires, and then they dragged me from my feet and I was wounded and, and they
punched me on my stomach, ... " The statement was provided on 19 June.
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