Interview of FBI Official re: Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo Bay

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FBI Interviewed the Special Agent regarding his assignment to Guantanamo Bay. The agent was assigned to Guantanamo Bay as an interrogator from June 2, 2003 to July 17, 2003. During that time, the interviewee occasionally observed DOD personnel use sleep deprivation as an interrogation technique; the interrogators would play loud music for sixteen hours at a time, with four hour breaks in between sessions. The interviewee recalled being asked by an unidentified DOD employee whether he used 'fear up' or 'family compassion' as a technique. Also, the interviewee recalled hearing numerous rumors that a female DOD interrogator gave a detainee a lap dance and that a DOD interrogator forced a detainee to listen to "satanic black metal music" for hours and baptized the detainee afterwards.

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Non-legal Memo
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Friday, September 17, 2004
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Monday, January 1, 2007
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it r. v N.).70‘._ • JUN.27.2.P06 4:35pm • 0 ream(Roc 104451 fyr i,w ••. • ihi • np ia • ' .1. • • EXD.1244#.41)Ippou OF INVISTIGATION .. .. 4...4.„ -_. Ara DATE:. Ail# DTI CP_ but of owalisliog -t-04717 /• DO litILASONI: 1A E DIMAS/1W ON: Ifiiestigation (FBI), Special Agent (SA) Cleveland Division, SOD 12/06/1993, was advised of 11 korio' l the dentit of the interviewing Agent and the nature of-the iiler t interview:_provided the following information in: regard to his =Votary duty (TOYS assignment tO.quAntAnamo Bay, Cuba IGTMCI: a. I. t:, ._9111111was assigned to GTMO in the position of •_ i_ Ea; interviewer interrogator for 46 -days from 06/02/2003 to 07/17/2003. as art of a'"Special Protects" team which consisted of FBI SA 11111 1 s 4=5 ._(Charlotte Division) and a task fords officer whose name he gsglii_ ;_ 2=lEi cou d not recall. en,: ; +ig I" 04.1 -_ E5c..4! iimetrogations or interview techniques utilised on GTMO detainees is se_11111111Idid not witness or observe aggiessive treatment, . . Wig conducted by FBI o; other law enforcement personnel which were not gp.G25,i consistent with FBI or DOJ policy/guidelines, but did observe such iimul behavior by non-law enforcement Department of Defense (DOD) ratala personnel on at least two occasions. On these occasions the DOD =.121.Sg personnel utilized sleep depravation by playing .load.music.for 16 IP- -16-.. hours at a time with four hours between sessions. and IAA __ 4;104_others brought these instances to attention of SSA who • . was L..his Acting Supervisor (Atlanta Diiision) at GTM ._ i was no: familiar withspOD policy/guidance regarding what intelelaw•interragation techniques were.euthcrited. During conversations with unidentified DOD employees regarding interview techniques,_recalled bean asked if he used "fear 00.4 _ identities of the DOD -interviewers or data _ 1 up" or "family compascompass on" _did not know the involved in the activity. The aggressive interviews11111111 witnessed occurred at L._ camp Delta in either the Yellow. Brown or Gold areas. Most interviews condUcted by law enforcement and DOD personnel occurred in interview rooms located in trailers in these areas. Often DOD personnel would rear a an entire trailer when em laying aggressive interview techni ues. (S had no substantive contact with DOD personnel regardingq!!!!!Lition or.treatment or detainee's 'other than regularly held biiefings by the DOD Command which provided eneral updates of activity and the number of detainees at GTMO. immismino _ 09/15/2004 _D.C. , m Washington,(tele honicall ) nkr 282 - NEW Dae licri.r .09/17/200 4. THIS AINLIfinal $otAl a III•04..4 • OS .11•11 ••••• WM is Vo.WMV".1.70." 3759 DOD JUNE DOD057566 _ NC.4.7o4rr.7 — Lov7f, JUN.27.2006• 4: 36PM L:iDrm 17.1tIVUr JUN. • non. (Mc 10441) .• 282 - NEN • ,onj19/15 /.20 04,. .ftst .2. , •Comanager+ at PD,102 sr and others were .provided a tour of the call area at GTHO and he' characterized the cells as small but acceptable. is recalled that the detaihees were switched from Meals Ready to Eat clew to regular-food because the detainee's ware becoming-overweisht, due to • the calorie,' contained -in tha-MW. ,_ ¦r. lr could not recall any allegation of mistreatment' 14•1 brought jffiltention by detainees, other than the detainees r W referring to techniques employed by•DOD,personnal as "games.* we- I indicated most of the interviews conducted by the his MP Projects team were negative. Special.PrO•cts was talked • with interviewing the most hardened detainees. . .: Was not in possession of pictures, video, audio, " (1:404 '_ notes or other documentation which depicted or described eqqcessive- 1.1ct.(_• . .4 treatment. He indicated the interviewers were searched for_ contraband each time they entered or exited.the compouhd. i. (041 •1_heard many rumors about aggressive or . • unsubstantiated. Among the rumors he heard ware that a female dot • ble.1 inappropriate interrogation techniques by DOD which ware _ interrogator did a lap dance on a detainee, 'that •a DOD interrogator forced a detainee to listen to satanic black metal music for hours, to 1_I • and that a DOD interrogator dressed as a Catholic Priest and ' baptized a detainee in order to save him. gam had no first loleavi hand knowledge of these events and was unsure as to if they actually occurred._ ._. II 4 i. I a• • alb 3760 DOD JUNE DOD057567

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