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t. LOCATION 12. DATE (YYVYMMDD) 13. TIME 4. FILE NUMIDE R Port Canon, Colorado 1004/06/29
MIDDLE NAME IIL SIN 7. GRADIllii
Oroup, Fort Cumin, Colorado
, WANT TO MAXI THE fOU.OWING STATEMENT UNDER OATH:
I ant the Operatiom Sergeam for andomprimmimmwAs the Operations Snead
My tactical aad operational duties am to lave as the advisor to the ttreacknott the oro.a

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We would do tactical kierrogations enstes. to ether Mud for force protection.
forces demotion fa (Uta4th ID) or our Mat bane.

aliallewe did take nem we Gould always mien them later. we bed fewer remoome than &Mau faciaties, bad the ability to quickly conduct the inetrogetions **cat laving thedetainees collaborate with ono another like Way could die general population of the detention fanatic& At times we simply bed
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too essay to deal win at coo time, thetelne we twsuld go ahead and turn diem one to la ID or 46 ID if we didn't have too many, my ant choice would to to bring them to the team house.
The commander. mysell..411111191 saa1111111111. were euthorized to do intenoptious. 99% of the doe t would casket intertogadou &Mu deer.
During out deployment lime we intetrogand about 15-30 detaineescadi atssany given time. we would have
glinoteanywhere From one to about II detainees at the team home. We do team house /Dr 71 boon units, we asked for sn extemicft A request the in easesion would go op duet* the AOB than to PO
es the CISOTP. If I determined that we needed to gay nen 72 hours I would
forward it if he agreed with salk lifaizildh the 'was respoonlde for it. I and either make a decition to deny therequest or /onward it up. I w 't there for declaims. was a command e
We kenIllelteMpt over 72 bouts. Be was our number one target because of bis involvement in the dean of roarAmericanss • all S as well ss iciurng U.S. soldiers In combat. He signed two confessions admitting to Maths four American Soldiers. He wet also a cell leader for a tell that in 'Okra. We Mad for and received permission to keep Rita leaser than 71 hours. 1 think we kept him aramd 1 I day to l4 days. but we were waiting on transportation to Abs Ciharth for
about sot days.
elewas captured by Iraqi rake on a tip and turned overMpellipleuldre how loos the traqi police hadhun they weed kite over. He did come to es after the - as eat been captured.the I-18th personnel, at we pont be was fight* the Iraqi police and an Iraqi pelican is with a pistol aodAblVie
with die pion
td die point white hid head was split open in a number of talkiest directions. like a sterftrh on Ms head.ended up over to the I-111. The (-11th guys took him over to their aid station and be received staples in his bead.We picked up by and brought him over to our facility and then we proceeded to interview let our
knovw we As soon as we put him in Me truck he started banging his bead on the window
dri mid soI back seat and sat bite la there eel held his head
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When wee Pt lot& to In the detentioe facility. Our medic took a look daVarbeed and
said he was fine. lis aim bad ligature marks on wins. We documented his condition in his packet.
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cesposthle the death of AmeticalliMittilial When I %deeded him. he grabbed my rifle tl cold have
shot him rigid &cup the head at that point, but I
pregnant wife was id the_gpEI_ that Gadd
get ell, dee awe!. wideit I did. After a short ate, I were able fies cuff ho pal tan straight to
the to completed dm aeries of raids ln root.
as capered in a separate said, He was a mul4evd fume* from tip in Mit I don't think be was

fumewu them rm gaming that we bad him for three days. I interropted him but he aide• give to
as captured the same *AO agatiletk was also talaa.M1.11111 He s12704 probably "Ad the
I did not iotaview him.
I interviewedlnaland be was not mistreated. No one suflimmed him. electrocuted hits. stabbed blit, or used knives Wiring

the process. We did not put duct tape around Idsnumb and nose to 121m. dummied m have sex
whop la front of him in the intenoptioo room and highly doubt r sad aced% Wm lbet.
We pot duct taps around his gym so that he couldn't see. I believe Wt by the thee we had wean told we weld no
langee on hoods. They could see right through the hoods so we would tape mound the eye' alba sandbag es well. By Apt we
only Ned 100 mile pet hour tape. He 'Nara don his eyes and I would go ahead and pat it around his head. Uwe bed arms we
would put a carat on and then tape k. We CUM wam anyone to Dam, no we didn't pot ape around their mouths. We didn't
want anyone to die. We were absolutely sarefill to make sure that prisoners would not die. I could lave shot him legitimately and
I chose not to and no obviously I didn't want this guy to die. not Plemsnt 63 Itherriew. and conthadve: There was cue time that we needed to reetraia. bin
mvesuption and that's and I just set on him fora shot Mine midi he stepped. At as dine was
danger of Injury while we eava ear The Kurdish Iraqi wards did am have role in the thienugation of the detainees. The guest force was never in the room defies
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7, r 140 pounds and les ustacheend salt and pepper hair with a dark
age 34, S foot 4 or 3. weigh. about 150 or 133 pounds, has a miseteebe sad dirt skis. The '
contact with the detainees. Several huenopdon todroiques were athocited. 1 could question detainees as often as I wanted, We had some of the detainees
stand for a few othemes, be not far atatded periods of dom. I did not use other stress pot u like the posh-or
kneeling or mos ap or anythisg. You ma have them sit down or stand, but not for emothd periods of time,

were behind his beck duce be was restrained. We did not use temperature cancel es an aterropties lade**. e did not even

have as air confitioner.
Sleep management west mplemented by waking detainees%) at differed hours to interview them mid for food and dowers. We

could limit their sleep four boom per 24 boor period for op to n hours. We would bang on the cell door to wake detainees up. I feel that the cells wore to Steadards for the situation that we were in The cell has a thin mad door. The were five ants and each
was about two feet wide, three to three said half feel tall cad no more Was about 4 to 6 feet Is depth. The Inner walls were made
cinder blot*. We odbusined some of the detainee' in the cell area sued for latrine breaks. eaters, Illsw as well In
interviewing. The demieens could skied
.aa some could lay down in the tells. When we went to talk to be was always
take, against We wall. Not all of the detainees entered the cells. Were are 2 different rooms and In has bigger room some would
di and look at the wed. Fes example. some of the older guys or it we were crowded. I maid have the dopes int in the large
room. I bed to ealadate at ID 0110 would, go into a ea the decision with direct ducats to my gumds or my ODA. We cld sot
to lock the door because the detainees might start fighting or %dicing. The (soot door was generally open sod the peed could look
inside and me what was happening. There were two separate closed circuit TV cameras for the meat meet and the cell area that
were monitored by the ecerstion room in the teem house.
All of the detainees received dm* meals a day and they were served the food that we ate at die team house. There were only

two limes that I served them MOM. The detainees were not denied food oat deprived of food for my time md
Mete was plenty of water. We never restricted the detainees to a diet of
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then gave hire tome that we bad at the leave. house. Healt:adielodoes cc when Ikeerviewed him.
or two what discard op him or fed him because be kept allosel a time
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3 so 7 days. especially since we did not have him that leeith of time. on him in dint cleans. not naked
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the other thulium to keep their mouth shut and the Amerspeak kindly to bear each ober.
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