The document is an internal FBI email, regarding an attached urgent report that provides details from a military service member deployed in Iraq who observed serious physical abuses of civilian detainees in Samara, Iraq in the fall of 2003.
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Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:20 PM
To: MUELLER, ROBERT S. III (DO) (FBI); GEBHARDT, BRUCE J. (DO) (FBI); CHANDLER..
NDRA M. (OPA) (FBI); URGENT REPORTS; PISTOLE, JOHN S. (DO) (FBI);I
FBI • BALD, GARY 4. (CTD) (FBI); CUMMINGS, ARTHUR M. (CTD) (FBI);
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Subject: SACRAMENTO URGENT REPORT Date June 25 2004
Importance: High
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THE ATTACHED URGENT REPORT PROVIDES INITIAL DETAILS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS';
DEPLOYED IN IRAQ AS A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER WHO OBSERVED SERIOUS PHYSICAL ABUSES
OF CIVILIAN DETAINEES IN SAMARA, IRAQ DURING THE PERIOD OF FALL.2003.
IT IS BEING FURNISHED TO THE DIRECTOR AND RECIPIENTS BASED UPON POTENTIAL
SIGNIFICANT. PUBLIC, MEDIA AND CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST WHICH MAY GENERATE CALLS TO
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URGENT REPORT
• DATE: JUNE 26, 2004
TO: THE DIRECTOR
CC: - . Deputy Director Bruce J.:Gebhardt
EAD Cassandra Chandler
EAD John Pistole
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AD Gary Bald *.
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FROM: SACRAMENTO DIVISION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ASACI
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PURPOSE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROVIDES INITIAL DETAILS FROM
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS DEPLOYED IN IRAQ AS A MILITARY SERVICE
MEMBER WHO OBSERVED SERIOUS PHYSICAL ABUSES OF CIVILIAN DETAINEES
IN SAMARA, IRAQ DURING THE PERIOD OF FALL 2003. IT IS BEING ,
FURNISHED TO THE DIRECTOR BASED UPON POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT .
PUBLIC, MEDIA AND CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST WHICH MAY GENERATE CALLS •
TO THE DIRECTOR. • •
SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS MADE BY' ILE"
ON JUNE 25, 2004 TO SACRAMENTO SPECIAL AGENTS1 I_7c
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DESCRIPTION OF MATER:
On June 24, 2004 (Thursday), at approximately 4:45 ,I I
New York Times, San Francisco Bureau; 415-362-
3912 contacted the Sacramento Media .Office and left a message
inquiring if any soldiers returning from Iraq had made any
reports to the Sacramento Field Office -concerning Iraqi prisoner
abuse. On June 25, 2004 (Friday), at approximately 10:30 a.m.,
was contacted by the Sacramento Media Representative
and was advised that the Sacramento Field Office was not aware of
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. I ktated that he'was providing this information to:
the FBT:..based on his knowledge thatcertain,officerndenisted_j2,,
personneLof both.the ands I MI/BN were engaged in a, '
. -cover-up. of these abuses. He stated'theSe cover-up efforts.
included threats to soldiers'and contract civilian'employees whoalso
observed these abuses- In addition, the same personnel were
directed to characterize' and document medical records to
describe him as delusional.
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further stated he had reported these incidents to
the appropriate military authorities while in Iraq and after his.
return to the United States after the summer' of 2'003. He added
the Saturday prior to the airing of the 60 Minutes report on .the b7c
Abu Ghraib Prison abuse, he was telephonically contacted by U.S.
Army Criminal Investigative Division(CID) .agents from Fort Hood,
Texas and inquired about his allegations while in.Iraq. During
. the call, CID agents advised that there .were no reports
concerning his allegations.
added that he was contacted byl and
both of the New York Times approximately three
• weeks prior to his visit with.the FBI. .
Subsequent to visit was contacted.
by the Sacramento Division Media Representative and advised that
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any such report.
On June 25,.2004, at approximately 11:15 a.m.,
'came into the.Sacramento Field Office and provided
the follOwing:
'stated that while assigned on'active duty to the
!National Guard. I IM.litary Intelligence Battalion'
(MI/BN), he was deployed to Samara,
Iraq. He was reassigned to the MI/BN,- as a
counterintelligence agent,. While with the MI/EN,
observed numerous physical abuse incidents of Iraqi civilian ,
detainees conducted in an Iraqi Police Station in Samara, drag.
He described that. such abuses included strangulation, beatings, .
placement of lit cigarettes into the detainees ear openings, and •
unauthorized interrogations. He added that he was aware. that the
members of his team were not"trained to conduct interrogations.
He also noted that'one of these' detainees was identified asi Ib6 an individral alleged to be b7C
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an individual did, in fact, make a complaint with Sacramento FBI
Office concerning Iraqi prisoner abuse.
The Sacramento Division is continuing to interview b6
and will forward FBIHQ all details of his interview in future
communications. Investigation in Sacramento is . continuing.
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