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Caproni, Valerie B. (OGC) (FBI)
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Maybe I amIM too much of a softie, but it seems to me that the .word of "stand- clear" just doeSn't work in the
environmen has described. Plus, I just saw in Iraq that what happened with a detainee is that We got smile .
info and then DoD immediately took the prisOner away to use harsh techniques.on him. It is sort of the reverse of
what he was talking about with the agent frOm Phoenix. While it isn't our intent to do mutt and Jeff, DoD is .
effectively pulling us in to a participatory role.., • . " . .., '
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1.think the concerns voiced by agents such is that we were never trained to use these interrogation
techniques', therefore, althdugh laWful, they are anathema.to our way of doing . things..Thisis a public
perception issue - we take pride in what we do (not casting any.judgment upon DOD because we .
recognize their mission needs). Furthermore, f we were to engage in these'techniques,"we would be
disciplined or even fired. I thinld Is correct in his 3rd an 4th bullets -the agents want to hear from their:
. leadership (probably Pistole on up) that they,are authorized to "participate" after DOD techniques are"
used. .Far the FBI to do so, they need to say with some-confidence that the benefits outweigh the risks.
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For what its worth these are my opinions:
1-So long - as the DOD interrogation techniques are lawful, do not believe it is unlawful for FBI
agents, consistent with 'FBI guidelines, to question detainees after DOD techniques are used.
2- FBI is participating (or certainly. will be viewed as participating) in aggressive but lawful DOO
techniques where FBI agents are embedded with the military interrogators and merely as a, policy
absent themselves from the rough stuff and then come back in (minutes, hours or days later) to
question the detainee;
3- If there is a.decision that the FBI's continued involvement in the interrogation of detainees is in '
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4-Without clear statement of benefits versus the risks, I believe that extreme forward deployment of
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I am not Sure this really .ups the ante'in terms of the read advice it gives someone, but I also
think that to some extent, the GT1V10 "stand clear" advice may' simply not work in theateis
like Afghanistan and•Iraq. I want to think a little bit about' it but I am.sort of coming to the,
view that if we want to prcitect the public perception of FBI, we need to steer clearer of DoD
.battlefield tactics than we are currently.
Thoughts?
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Sorry, this is the correct one.
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