This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent states that he is unaware of any abuse allegations while he was at Guantanamo. However, he alludes to a possible claim that the Uighar’s were abused while at Guantanamo, but provides no details.
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I was 110Y_at GTMO 12/82/200241111612003 and did net nominally observe any mistreatment of
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or during my Tin at GUN, I huh/ do not believe that any abisive activity Mudd have occurred in the
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•regular unmet with all of the approximately thirty Highur detainees. 'iDColt ellnlielimeetat CMG in lanitary if 2003.
The Ilighursare mederatelluslims who occupied East Turkestan, which was taken over nth Chinese and renamed the Xiniiang provineeol , China. The Mghars were offered lend iningbanistailn order to
b_ether personnel Opposing Chinese oppression: They were often inspired intliadio free Asia which ES
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-remanded direitlyteChinese officials. Ilipos alleged ihat the Sinkers who Wereiraislerred -directiv to the Chinese were Immediately executed. At the limo of my TOY, US Officials were considering whether to return Me-IiigherS to the Chinese; possiblg to gain support-for anticipated Medlin' In the Wino East. The Uighur detainees at GTMO were convinced Mat they would he immediately excentedif they were returned to China.
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