FBI Email regarding gearing up to interview detainees at Guantanamo. The email states "The Bureau is gearing up for the arrival of long term personnel and identifying detainees with a Bureau nexus. Once these detainees are identified, they'll become "projects" and we should have a much greater impact then we have now." Email mentions DHS having a negative impact on what FBI is trying to accomplish at Guantanamo.
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Things here are In a state of transition, The Bureau and CITF have parted ways as CITF is concentrating on the tribunals. The Bureau is gearing LIp for the arrival of .Iong term personnel and identifying detainees with a Bureau nexus, Once these detainees are identified, they'll become "projects" and we should have a much greater impact then we have now.
·I've been here 2 weeks today an~ have tagged along and observed approximately 12.interviews, The common theme seems to be the detainees are all extremely frustrated about being asked the same questions, over and over again, by different interrogators, Once the projects are initiated, that
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