Interviewee was an Assistant Interrogation Analyst with the 302nd Military Intelligence Brigade.
Recalled one occasion in which a MP pushed a hooded-"untruthful" against a railing, causing the detainee to bleed.
"I saw a naked detainee who was thrown in the black room (the Hole)," and was told the MP policy when putting a detainee in the hole was to throw them into the hole naked.
"One stress position I witnessed only once was when we had a detainee handcuffed to the floor but we only did it for a short period."
Recalled a time where MPs made a detainee do PTs.
Recalled another instance where MPs went into a cell with weapons, reported the incident, but did not what happened to the MPs.
Mentioned not knowing a person by the name of DJ.
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302nd Military Intelligence Battal on Heidelberg, Germany APO AE 09102
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, WANT TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT UNDER OATH:
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I arrived at Abu Ghraib in d October 2003. 1 am a 9GH and when I arrived at Abu Ghraib 1 was assigned as an Assistant
Interrogation Analyst to work with Interrogators. My focus was Extreme Fighters. The first day we received a tour of the site..w
We were shown interrogation booths, where CAMP Vigilant and CAMP G •
orked with interrogators. The interrogators I worked with war were c
A u to as questions w
Every interrogator had his way of using an analyst. Some allow
plan. Other interrogators did not allow you to ask questions they just wanted you to take notes and do the research.
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We also received some general information on the Geneva Convention but no classes on it. We received the Interrogation Rules
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acceptable or not acceptable.
IROEs I was not taught what was ac
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of Engagements (IRO iscussed it with us. I understood that 1 was not to touch a detainee. I remember
But the section leader fter an interrogation. I went upstairs to TIER 1 to drop off the detainee to the MPs
ping off a demi
one ti toyed below to do something else. I handed the detainee to the MP and they asked me if how come the
while
detain was in s eklcs. I told them that the detainee had been untruthful. The MP (I do not recall who they were just that he
t the railing.
was a male, not an NCO and had a brown -s ' ) took detainee and 'erked him toward the wall.t theThe MPs wer
detaineee hillowed
When off, 1 notic had blood on his head. a
They reported it to titheas well and maybe even
o no now what they did. This oc rrc sometime in November aftcr we to
oning of detainees. On anon et time I saw the MPs making two detainees do PT. These two detainees had raped a boy.
The NIPs could make them do MP but we were not allowed. No one ever suggested that it was okay for MPs to abuse detainees
.
but we knew they could use the necessary force hen dctai ol. 1 never saw or had any knowledge videos of
o always had a camera) take photos o f detainee
detainees or dogs being used for interrogations. I did see knew f anyone taking
This is the only tune I o
once. She took a photo of a detainee who was standing rax t. re not allowed i n the interrogation
- - 4'ar• le w photos we
pt.otos of detainees. The MPs had cameras a ., 'COs were there and they saw her so I just assamed they
area but I did not know of the Isolation Area. I
welegigill - .etainees delivered by Other Gcwernrnent Agencies (OGA)allowed to since the NCOs di dealt with them a lot. OGA never shared any intelligencebut I never dealt with them. As went in to the cell
even when they belonge•to us. •ere was a time .
they obtained from the detain and stated it was wrong.
with weapons. 1 didn't notice the weapons until after they had walked out. I notified e d not ve enough blankets, jumpsuits,Do not know what happened after that. We had a shortage of clothing for detainees.
shoes, or other items. 1 saw a naked detainee who was thrown in the black room (the Hole). The detainee was a troublemaker and had gotten violent with a temale MP. I was told that the MPs policy when placing a detainee in the Hole was to put him in the was aware of any MI personnel tell MPs to 'soften-up" or give "the treatment' to detainees. One
cell naked. 1 never heard or
stressed position I witnessed only once was when we had a. detainee handcuffed to the floor but we only did it for a short period
following
and kept watch on hum. We would check his fingers and hands to ensure he had good blood circula .
with the interrogation plan. When 1 first arrived, there were rumors of prostitution and a
lost rarilcj
w iers were caught with alcohol and they teeny
. I didn't really know DJ but his analyst w
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