Email from Thomas J. Harrington to Valerie Caproni re: Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison

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From HARRINGTON, T J (CTD) (FBI)
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'Valene; some interesting background inforrntion Tom
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With the media coverage of abuses at Abu G,!the FBI role at Abu G may soon be examined While I
was'oniA/L last week, I was contacted by DOSCIFIgind asked to review the information with him
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'techniques such as sleep depnvation, psyops,. etc , I was not aware of nor did I observe any of the unacceptable treatment of pnioners depicted by the media The same goes for the other team members of the HVD Interview Team dunng Rotation 6 1
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b6 -1IGary' Attached is an e-mail from Fly Team SAPI lour Team Leader for HVD interviews at Abu Ghurayb pnson Abu G is a Saddam-era pnson being utilized by the Coalition to house
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detainees It is over-crowded and my recent force protection memorandum spoke of the dangers there Nonetheless, our access to detainees at the prisdn is a central part of our mission and very important to our ability to get thi
e job,done . Therefore, the allegations contained in the attached e-mail, if true, or even if not true but heavily publicized, could make life difficult for us
_ I met yestercay on another subject with AUSAs Dana Biehl and Bruce Pagel Pagel advised he was aware of the allegations, of abuse at the pnson: He said that it is his understanding that Gen Sanchez is fully aware of the matter
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I told AUSA Pagel that the FBI will not enter into an investigation of the alleged abuse, that it would be outsi'de,the scope of our mission, and that 1 beii6ed CID should handle it without our assistance 1 will mairitain this position unless instructed otherwise by FBIHQ First, the matter truly is outside our mission and would squander resources Second, we need to maintain good will and relations with those operatuig the pnson Our involvement in the investigation of the alleged abuse might harm our liaison
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