Interviewee arrived at AG on September 23, 2003 as an interrogator.
Interviewee recalled one incident that occurred at the hard site. He/she saw an MP hit a detainee in order to get him into his cell.
Interviewee also recalled that an MP taught MPs jingle bells and recorded it.
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WANT TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT UNDER OATH:
I arrived at Abu Ghraib ola 23 September 2003. We had just departed Camp Bucca where we were conducting interrogation
operations. While at Camp Bucca, I conducted many interrogations, but my dunes were part of a maintenance team working on life
support issues. The interrogations conducted at Camp Bucca were all within the FM 34-54. There were none that went above the
FM. The first days we arrived at Abu Ghraib, we were given the Interrogation Rules of Engagement (IROEs) and made to read and
sign a for stating we understood the 1ROEs There were no surprises on the IROEs. It wt.s clear cut w we could and could not
do with the right approval. I was placed on the screening team. I conducted only a few interrogations f c
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wanted to conduct a final interrogation on some females who we wanted to release. Before we released them, a final interrogation had to be conducted. I also conducted a Knowledgeability Brief on a detainee for the ICE. All the other interrogators were busywith their interrogations and had a backlog of detainees to interrogate. During my time at Abu Ghraib, I never saw or had any
knowledge of any detainee abuse, photos or videos of detainees, or the use of dogs during interrogations. The only time I knew
anything about photos was after CID had already begun their investigation. An MP (I do not recall his name) told me that a female MP had some icru•es of herself and another soldier. I asked him if he had talked to CID. and he said no. I then went and spoke to
ut the incident. He told me to go and tell CID. I went and told CID. I wasn't required to make a sworn Statement. The Warrant Officer didn't seem too concern about it. (all this was after CID had already begun their investigation). I have no knowledge of MI telling MPs to soften up or loosen up a detainee for interrogations. When we screened detainees, they were taken to two locations, they would either go to one compound for MI Holds or another compound. Once when I had to drop offa detainee to the hard site. I heard loud music. I saw an MP trying to get a detainee in the cell and the detainee was resistin the MP
hit the detainee once to try to get him in. IIs didn't hit him hard. I reported the incident went and spoke to the MPs and then notified me that the MPs were having a hard time getting the detainee in tire cell and there Wis nothing else done. I only went to the hard site on a handful of occasions but never at night. After a group of detainees had been
released, one of the MPs taught the detainees Jingle Bells and recorded the detainees singing Jingle Bells for about 10 seconds. Thiswas reported to CID dining my initial questioning.
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