An Army Colonel emails a Chief Warrant Officer at Camp Bucca to establish a list of detainees that are eligible for release from custody. The email states "I have been checking for several days and many of these prisoners do not even have files here. With no
paperwork to justify their detention, I am prepared to flush all of them (approximately 350) out of the system and order their release. I can not release anyone who is the subject of a CID Hold, and I was therefore wondering if you have a list of which people held at Bucca are being held there at the request of your agency." The CWO states that he has been working on such a list and attaches a list of potential detainees to be released.
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official) and as I get them done, I forward there numbers back to the
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well We have only delayed a few releases so far, not stopped
them all together. I think the best way is to continue as is, you keep
clearing everyone you beleive should be released, I will have my guys
screen anyone of interest and if we see a keeper, I will h o ve
numbers back with and explanation why. If that sounds like acrd
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Be safe up there and let me know if there are any good jobs for CID
Agents available up you way.
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To: 10, 2003 11:25 AM
Cc: OOMPS 1FWD
Subject: Message
From COL
Chief,
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out of trouble? you grief, but keeping
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That's what his mission is there, you know. The
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I do not
know if can resolve it. At you should be able to direct my inquiry if this is not in your lane.
the
You may have heard that I have been delegated authority to order
release of adult detainees. In this capacity, I am trying to award as
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prisoners at Camp Bucca credit for time served and then authorize their
release. I am now trying to address my efforts at anyone there who has
been
classified as having committed a minor offense. MAJ.has
provided me
with an excel spread sheet with the names and numbers for these
prisoners.
There are 13 pages of such prisoners. I have been checking for several
days
and many of these prisoners do not even have files here. With no
paperwork
to justify their detention, I am prepared to flush all of them
(approximately 350) out of the system and order their release. I can
not
release anyone who is the subject of a CID Hold, and I was therefore
wondering if you have a list of which people held at Bucca are being
held
there at the request of your agency. If you do not have such a list, is
there an e-mail address you can provide me with from where I could get
such
a list. None of these knuckleheads have been picked up for anything
close
to what CID is generally interested in (crime on Coalition forces, war
crimes, mass graves, etc.), so I can not imagine there would be any of
these
perps on your hold list.
If you tell me you do not keep such a list I will be deeply
saddened,
for I will assume in your next breath you would tell me you have to do
name
checks on everyone who is proposed to be released. Such a process will
unduly delay the proposed releases if you have not already initiated
such
requests. It is also in direct conflict with what agents in Baghdad have
told people here. They only want to be contacted in the event that
there is
a sexy charge to get involved with, and never do routine name checks on
prisoners identified to be released.
Can you please get back to me and advise how you think I should
proceed. If I have to work with CID up here, that's fine. I just need
a
name and an e-mail address to direct my inquiry to. Also, if you keep a
local Bucca Hold List that you can send me, that would be a start. I
appreciate your time and attention in this matter.
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