FBI Memo re: Agent's Notes Concerning a Detainee Becoming Violent During Interview at Guantanamo

On 5 Aug 05, I, terviewed ISN interview was conducted in Arabic and •ranslated Also present d,,g this inter iew wa he interview was conducted in CampWa the
lower interrogation room.
Thi interview was scheduled for 9:30 am, after a *ving at cam was notified t IS1s. refused...taleave his cell for the interview However, the
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Interpreter e cam etpiv leader convinced IS to go to the interview. The detainee cell leader told ISN1111to go to the intervie and tel \O `. rias nothin to sa •. P viousl I re•uested
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I Once again the de ince leader Again ISN to go to the
Vit. ; interrogation room guard force told 1 that they would
trans ort him witho but when he was placed in the interrogation room be

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1. SIllanived to the interrogation room at II:00 am.
‘......While waiting on the interrogation team arrive ISNaligwas talking to another detainee that was in the shower, I ssed this from the observation room. When I arrived at the interrogation room IS V very ho le and d the interpreter he was not willing to talk to the dogs (referring to myself and I told the detainee that we only a couple of questions to ask him and that I wanted to introduce myself to him. IS continued to talk over me as Iee ' •ng to him what I wanted to accomplish in this
if interview. The detainee called and I a dog and he said "fuck your mother". I asked the detainee if he remembered me from two weeks ago when he ref ed reservation. The detainee again statedt would not talk to the dogs. I told ISN that he is talking to us rig t w; ISdNraised his voice and told me to shut up repeatedly in Engli h. ISN icked the center table at the interpreter I stopped the table with my foot. pushed the table .st the door. ISN hen stood up and and began to curse at e. When ISN started walking over towards the interrogation team, I stood up and told the detainee to sit down several times. IS did not corn with my directions. I sat back down in my chair and pointed at the seat and told IS sit down. At this time ISN became Very hostile and be spit on me re said that he wanted to fight me
I continued to tell ISN
o sit d while pointing at the seat he continued to spit on me, as I moved out of the way ISN lunged out with his m bit a piece of my finger. I did not real' was cut until after the incident. cited out cool it three or four times. [SN continued to spit and curse at me ised my chair in front of my face to block the spit from hitting me in the face. [SN tabbed the legs of the chair and tried to pull the chair out of my hands. When IS ealized he could not gra e chair from me he then begs look ar and the room for something to grab. IS inued to spit on lc-keel up his chair to block the spit. held * chair with one han and pushed the linguist behind him with the o er hand. ISN
bed the chair and began to pull it away fro then threw a chair at ISN Ho‘veve .1 did not notice where the chair struck ISN Then ISN
r, • walk over towards me and I slammed the small refrigerator between myself' ISN to

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create distance between us. When the detainee realized he could not hurt the interrogation team he threw himself on the floor toward the door and said .h y arc beating me up". The guard force came in at this time,ancl restrained ISN Mfrom making any further threats to the interrogation team. ISNIII.was not assaulted by me or any9ne.on the interro atio team at any point durinwthkinterview. I threw the chair at ISN=io protec nd the interpreter, ISIIIIMiictions were treating the entire
Tit\interrogation tea --- hile I was in the interrogation room I did not notice any blood coming from ISN
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