Sworn statement by 97B counterintelligence agent stating the he "overheard someone making a statement about a detainee dying while being interrogated by an Other Government Agency (OGA) official. The OGA then packed the detainee in ice and placed him in a local taxi. The taxi driver was paid to take the body away. I was not sure if I had heard correctly until [redacted] confirmed the statement was made by [redacted] and not sure if it was a joke or a true story." The agent also reported hearing rumors that Other Government Agency (OGA) was permitted to conduct unauthorized interrogations of ghost detainees in block 1A. The OGA would then send liquor and cigars to the individual.
Also, the interviewee heard rumors that OGA was permitted to conduct unauthorized interrogations of ghost detainees in block 1A. As a thank you, the OGA would send liquor and cigars to the individual.
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8. ORGANIZATION OR
A Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Milt any Intelligence Brigade
, WANT TO MAKE IRE FOU.0IVIN6 STATEMENT UNDER OATH:
1 was deployed to Ahu Ghraih (AG), Iraq with A Company, 519th MI Bn,• I am a 97Bto early
h Oct 03
Agent wo performed interrogations. My. tiam's initial mission upon my arrival to AG was to set up the won
Counternuellige arc et interrogation operations for detainees gathered during operation VICTORY BOUNTY
From the end of Jul 03 Rules of En agernent (IROE). which esubltslun
and l ife supeas to be
port with interrogator input. an lnterrog '
Priorinitial operations, anon techniques. Shortly after my arrival to AG. I was briefed on the 1ROE and signed
similar in thc one used by t e .
our a to rued limits concer in Iraq was
eIROE.
would fosllow
statingI understood wo ore deta
TheIraq
memorandum IROE for IROE more iled.
and document was ththe
A fgi . A difterence in the t IROE was clear ad adeouately established our left and right boundaries concerning
hatistau y IROE had to be justified and approved. The vehicle for requestinglitnitations. In m opinion. thees
concerning er chni contained in the / .. ; d Sleep Schedule
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interrogation techniques.
these techniques was the interrogation plan. which had to be done for every in The request
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bad to be requested through the Interrogation team/net to the operations cel 1. orlon through
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•included a detailed proposed schedule and Justification. Once approved the o... •
the team leader back down to the Interrogor.Someone in the operations cell would then take the schedule to the MP's who vier
So
methods the MP's used to ensure the detainees were awake at
t know The
e . cre unknown. On several occasions the
to ensure the schedule was o at
pp tat
The 72nd MP's kept a three ring binder in cell block 1 old me of one such occasion tn which athe proper time.
instructions we gave the MP's concerning detainees wcrc nut executed. • unknown reason. The mentor moved a detainee outside without shade for an approximate 1 or speculated the guard
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interrupter told the MP guarding the detain e to look after Ilia welfare during that time.
veered the incident and
d and the instructions were not relayed to the relett. nor execut
two months into our operation of interrogatiug these detainees
changed for allowing the incident to occur One to hoGt the
s decided to make A
er n it wa
scolded ies in I raq aftma
c to receive other detainees from various detention ydetainees arrived witu
our tacilit ri.:ture of We detainee lialtSICID, d
acidit
centralized local th MI Bn and detainees those personnel were
and cic •
documentauou. crc under intense pressure from LTG SANCHEZ tc.
i prem cr. OL PA S
iuterrogatiog arn Saud methods and processes. to include the actual question provide intelligence reporting and s conducted interrogations themselves. One in interrogation plans.
On occasion t
interruption occurred at the request in 1 ht. It seemed COL PAPPAS was not experienced in
approxiinately 29 Sep
interrogation operations and was more concerned with reporting than proper interrogation techniques. On Go vern inert
dying while being interroated by an Other
03 I overheard someone making a statement about n dew= g .
in a lal taxi, The taxi driver w
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(OGA) official. The OCA then packed the detainee in 1c and lac ed the statementt was made as p
nfirm
bo to house their
dy away. I was not sure if I had heard c at
am not sure if it was a joke or a true story., I heard rumors
ores at their discretion.
cells" an block IA and allowing them to into
these acuvittes occur. During the course of inter 0
cigars Representatives of the Internatim
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to be done and was told the reason
of
t AG du while at AG. 1 nev r directed the MP's to c not witness any a•u n am
abuse or maltreat the detainecs, nor did 1 ever hear of it. The MP's never offered to abuse the detainees for me, our did I ever offering to do so for other MI personnel. After the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center was established, COL
il ity and put them on
hear of them 97B 's trom the interrogation fac
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