A member of the FBI’s CIRG Behavioral Analysis Unit who toured Guantanamo 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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Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 07 3/2004
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Title: COUNTERTERRORISM DIVISION,
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INSPECTION SPECIAL INQUIRY
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Synopsis: SSA' I
did not personally witness any
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aggressive treatment, interrogations or interview techniques on.
GTMO detainees.
Administrativek. Reference electronic mailings of AD Steven C. McCraw, Inspection .Division,. July 9 and 12, 2004.
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(CIRG), Eehavioral Analysis Unit 3 (EAU-3) was'deployed to GTMO
from July 17, 2003 - August 7, 2003. Members of the BAU Units
were regularly deployed to GTMO to observe interviews of
detainees and provide interview strategies and other behavioral
assistance as needed. During my tenure at GTMO, I never
personally witnessed any aggressive treatment, interrogations or
interview techniques on GTMO detainees.
On several occasions, I did hear loud music being played and people yelling loudly from behind closed doors of interview rooms but I could not say that detainees were present in those rooms. I also observed strobe lights in interview rooms on several occasions but never observed those being used on
'detainees. •
There were many Comments made by investigators during my tenure at GTMO that every time the FBI established a rapport with a detainee, the military would step in and the detainee would stop being cooperative. ,The military did not stop the
progress
interviews while they were in rogress but routinely took control
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of the detainee when the interview was completed. The next time
that detainee was interviewed, his level of cooperation was
diminished. There were also accusations made by different
investigators that Military 'interrogators would present
themselves as FBI Agents to detainees and harass them but that
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was never personally observed by SSA
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