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. A member of the FBI’s CIRG Behavioral Analysis Unit stated they never personally witnessed aggressive treatment or interrogations of Guantanamo detainees, but did hear loud music, people yelling loudly from behind closed doors and observed strobe lights in interview rooms. There were also accusations that the Military would present themselves as FBI Agents to detainees and harass them but that was never personally observed by the agent.
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Since you did not personally observe any mistreatment, we will classify this as a negative response. Thanks.
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I was assignedto GTMO from July 17, 2003 - August 7, 2003. I'm a member of CIRG's Behavioral Analysis Unit and our function was to observe interviews of detainees and provide interview strategies as
•needed. During my tenure there, I never personally witnessed agressive treatment, interrogations or interview techniques on GTMO detainees. I did hear loud music being played and people yelling loudly from behind closed doors of interview rooms but I could not say they were Yelling at detainees. I also observed strobe lights in interview rooms ort a number of occasions but never observed those being used on detainees. . -
There were many comments made by investigators during my tenure at GTMC that every time the FBI established a rapport with -a detainee, the military would step in and the detainee would stop being cooperative. There were also accusations that the Military would present themselves as FBI Agents to detainees.and harrass them but that was never personally observed by me.
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