Emails between Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, Thomas J. Harrington, and Others re: Report of Possible Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo Bay

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Emails between Valerie E. Caproni, John F. Curran, T.J. Harrington, and Others re: Reported incidents of possible detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay. An NAE official reports three incidents he/she witnessed while in Guantanamo Bay on or around April 2004. The official describes 3 reported incidents, including use of short shackling, low room temperature, strobe lights and possibly loud music. Another incident involved detainee debriefed for approximately 15 hours, who "periodically threw up in a trash can." No action taken.

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Friday, May 7, 2004
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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ILb7C -1LChecking witlrlhe is not aware of any written guidance He has, as have I, advised agents here to not )pakicipate in interrogations outside of FBI policy ' 1 . i
As for the second question , the memo you recieved is available to all interviewing agents here at FBI
GTMO No direct:written guidance has to date been provided
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Per our conversation, please find attached the e-mail exchange prompted byl= request from his
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Asyoo know, #1,was brought to General Flood's attention by NAE
I congider #2, as;you have reported it, unfounded and arguably not credible, based on the source ,LI #3iwas, ohserved/supervised by competent JTF medical authority, and as you weren't moved at the time to label it abuse,; I'm reluctant to do so now
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'Subject reported incidents
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'Per our meeting earlier today,: the following inforination has been brought to my attention
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!Situation I was told on or about Thursday, 22 April 2004 byl l(NAE) thatElw iti e ; debriefs, had provide following Sometime in the second or third week of February 2004 was ;taken tO y ry was on both FBI and NAE hold ) He did not recognize the interviewers and
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1when he told them he didn't want to speak to n e unless they were introduced by his regular

b6 -1,2,3,4 interrogators, he was yelled at for 25 mintues Liwas short-shackled, the room temperature was
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'significantly lowered, strobe lights were used, and possibly loud music There were two male ; interrogators, one stood behind him and the other in front They yelled at him and told him he was never b7D -1 leaving here The inteirogato'r tried to getEltO identify photos After the initial 25 minutes of yelling,
' b7F -1 was left alone, in the room in this condition for approximately 12 hours At one oint, the interrogator I came back in the afternoon to make sure he was still there Dunng the 12 hours IIIII ivas not permitted 'to eat, pray or use the bathroom One of the interrogators was described as old/late 50's, grey and black I hair, mustache with no beard, finny, and wore a blue shirt My actions verbally informed , F 1
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' Situation The ng information was provided to me by detainee in approximately January or
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IFebivari 2004 was being taken to reservation or medical (some ing inside Camp Delta, I don't
recall what) White outside near the Brown building, he saw a young Fillipino/Asian female with long b7C -1,3,4 i dark hair, short tight pants, and a revealing top When the female noticed him, she jumped, laughed, b7D -1 I andfran around the building onl of his =lit I—(believed that this was a prostitute b7F -1
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' descnption of a piostitute who had previously,bian working out of the base beauty shop
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I Situon I observed the follOwing in early, Apnl'2004 was being debriefed for several hours i (apPoximately 15 hours] by NAE Throughout the session, periodically threw up in a trash can At b7C -3,4 the time, I was told he had an ulcer and that the stress was irritating it I was later advised he had a b7D -1 I stomach virus I was told he had been given a shot of Motnn (or something like that) by the medical
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My actions Due in art to the fact that' I was present and did not object to the situation, b6 -2,3,4
' and,I never heardLlasked to be returned to his cell or request medical assistance, I took no action
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