The document is a memorandum sent from the Office of Oversight and Review in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to the FBI Inspection Division, regarding a request for preliminary information by the OIG. The information will be used to determine whether the OIG should launch an investigation into FBI handling of detainee abuse allegations.
• The Office of the Inspector General (0I6), is evaluating whether to initiate.
a review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) handling of allegation S or
inquiries about FBI employees participating in.or witnessing abuse of detainees
• at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib prison, and other venues. We are also
:evaluating whether to conduct a review of the conduct of the FBI employees.
who may have witnessed or participated in such abuse.
To facilitate our decision on such a review, please provide copies of all
• documents and other materials requested below from Headquarters Or Field •
• Office files. Please include any documents or charts that have been Created to
assist the 14'13I in keeping track of the material.. . ,
The specific requests .are-a-s. .
1) All documents relating to any inquiries or allegations made to the FBI
regarding FBI employees' Participation in or knowledge of detainee
abuse; .
2) All documents relating to the FBI's handling, investigation, or disposition
of any inquiries or allegations referred to in Request # 1 above;
3) All documents relating to any communications by the FBI with any
prosecutors or military entities concerning any FBI e.mployees' state of
knowledge or participation in detainee abuse; . •
•
• OIG REQ 2/18/65—PART 13 FBI018119CBT FBI0000074
ALL FBI INFOMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN 12 UNCLASSIFIED
DATE CE-21-2009 BY 6.5179 DMH/MJZ,
U. S. Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General
October 29, 2004 .
MEMORANDUM FOR CHARLENE THORNTON •
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
• INSPECTION DIVISION
• FEDERAL; BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FROM: CAROL F. OCHOA elf )
DIRECTOR . .
OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SUBJECT: 2 Detainee Issues
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All doCuments relating to questions' raised by Critical Incident Response
' Group behavioral scientists about detainee interrogation techniques; -„
5) All•ocuments relating to the investigation led by Inspector Kim Mertz ,
into FBI knowledge of detainee abuse at Abu G.hraib and all internal FBI
communications reflecting or related to any discussion of whether to
refer matters arising from the inquiry to FBI OPR and/ or the OIG;
All documents relating to the "Special Inquiry' conducted by the FBI
'Inspection Division regarding the state of knowledge of any FBI employee
regarding abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and all interiial.FBI
communications reflecting or related to any discussion of whether-to
refer matters arising from the inquiry to FBI .OPR and/or the OIG; and
-1) All documents relating to any inquiry about any FBI employee who may
have knowledge of prisoner abuse by Special Forces personnerin
Afghanistan.
Please provide materials responsive to this request no dater than Friday,
' November 5, 2004: If you have any questions about this request, please feel
free to call me or Catherine Sheehan, the Deputy Director of the OIG's Office of
Oversight and Review, at (202) 6167.0645. Thank,you for your ,assistance in
this matter.
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