FBI Memo re: Interview of Detainee at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay

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Detainee interviewed at Camp Delta Guantanamo. Detainee was asked again about the possibility of a planned mass suicide occurring amongst the detainees at the Camp. He said he knew nothing more about it and it did not apply to him. The detainee was told that he was named as being at a terrorist training camp and told that "simply attending the training camp prior to 09/11/01 did not constitute a crime and the greater issue at hand was for him to admit his involvement and move ahead". In response he "asked the interviewers if we wanted him to lie to make things easier and denied [redacted]. He was then asked to go over the events leading up to his capture, contents redacted. The interview concluded with the detainee stating that he wanted to be returned home.

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Interview
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Thursday, November 28, 2002
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
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F11-322 (Rm& 10-645)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIC
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;
it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
11/28/ 2002
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Iwas interviewed at Camp Deltd, uuantanamo b7C -1,2,3,4 Bay, Cuba by Det. FBI Task Force Officer. Also b7D -1 present during the intervipw was SAI Air Force Office
of Special Investigationsd (was inLormei of the nature of

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the interview by the interviewers. The results of the interview are

as follows:

• The interviewers apologized to I (for having to

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interview him again prior to the end of Ramadan. He was assured that every atte de to keep from interviewing him until the b7C-3,4 end of Ramadan. asked one of the interviewers to swear b7D -1 that he had done every ing possible to avoid the interview before
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the end of Ramadan.

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b7C -3,4 was asked again about the possibility of a planned mass suici e occurring amongst the detainees at the Camp.
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He said that it was not applicable.for him, in his state of being,

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to commit suicide. He would not say if it might be applicable for
others in the Camp to commit suicide. He has heard talk from
previous interviewers and from other detainees pertaining to rumors
of suicide. Suicide might be possible since detainees are provided
sheets and blankets. The Muslim religion and fatwas generally
prohibit the taking of one's own life except during exceptional

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DETAINEES-3939
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

11/27/2002

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prior to 09/11/01 did not constitute a crime and the greater at hand was for him to admit his involvement and move ahead. 1 b7F -1 asked the interviewers if we wanted him to lie to make
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things easier and denied
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provided the following historical time line for his whereabouts

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During a prior interview (FD-302 dated 10/26/2002)j 1

made the comment: "I got out of the circle and now I am in
c ains." He was asked about the meaning of this comment. He said he
did not remember the reason he said it and asked to be told what
the comment was in relation to. When told that it concerned'

became defensive and stared at the ground.

b6 -3,4 He told the interviewers to "check the tapes", referring to his

b7C -3,4 belief that all interviews are video taped.' also pointed
out that he believes77—lhas been hired by the United States and

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is being paid to provide information to authorities.' I was
b7F -1 told that information regarding his involvement in a terrorist
training camp came from multiple sources, not just' I

said that ifI 'provided the information, he was
also being paid.( was reminded of an earlier statement he
made indicating his hate for and was told that' ' was
only disannointed with)

At this point/ llookecl
up and asked if was in custody.

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was asked if he had ever made any mistakes. His
response was to ask whether interviewers meant general or specific
mistakes.[ 'was then confronted with the fact that the
government*eileves that he was in a terrorist training camp in
Afghanistan'

was told that he is beginning to believe his own

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lies about where e was during this time period. He was asked to

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had done with I and as the interviewer had

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done with' 'said that the supposed

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inconsistencies in his statements are our problem and not his. He
said that

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confirm his whereabouts for this time period. (repeated
many times "It's not my problem".

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The interviewers asked' what he would

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b7F -1 At the conclusion of the in iew was asked

if he would prefer to be released tc and what
the jail conditions would be like for him there. said
that he would rather be sent home He re used to

indicate a preference for being in custo•y in u•a orgy and
would only state he wanted to be sent home. The interview was
subsequently terminated.

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