![]() The email states "We have also instructed our personnel not to participate in interrogations by military personnel which might include techniques authorized by Executive Order but beyond the bounds of standard FBI practice This instruction has been included in our in-briefs to all three rotations, periodically in staff meetings, and in one-on-one conversations." and "We emphatically do not equate any of these things our personnel witnessed with the clearly unlawful and sickening abuse at Abu Ghraib prison that has come to light. The initial email requests guidance on describing torture and abuse since rules on enhanced interrogation techniques was issued to deal with hardened Taliban and Al Qaeda. These emails are to clarify an Electronic Communication (EC) sent by the FBI's Office of the General Counsel to field agents informing them that they must report incidents of abuse that they know of or become aware of. I was told by quite a few FBI personnel that tactics such as this were quite common there at the time This was the only such event that observed directly". I estimate that this went on for 30 to 60 minutes. ![]() The email of Augstates that "the lights had been turned off and a strobe light was flickering on and off, and loud rock music was being played. The Jemails stated that the author had witnessed 14 interrogations and one (1) involved tactics that were "while not overtly aggressive, were clearly not consistent with Bureau interview policy/guidelines" and stated "To my knowledge, there were no FBI personnel involved in that interview". Both emails describe interrogations of detainees at Guantanamo. These FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo: 1) dated J2) dated August 2, 2004. This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. In regards to the twenty-four soldier misconduct cases mentioned, six are assaults (soldiers punched, kicked and/or fired a weapon at or near a detainee) and eighteen are thefts. In the second case, an Iraqi was shot and killed after he allegedly lunged at an officer. The other two cases are mentioned as active pending investigations, in the first case, an Iraqi national drowned after being pushed off of a bridge. One of the deaths is a murder case, a soldier shot and killed an Afghan who allegedly lunged towards a weapon. The cases are classified as follows: three death investigations and twenty-four soldier misconduct investigations. Also mentioned in the briefing are twenty-seven of sixty-nine CID investigations. There are also twelve soldier misconduct cases mentioned, ten are assaults (soldiers kicked, punched and/or threatened detainees) and two are sexual assaults. The briefing explains that there are nine death cases still "active pending investigations," eight of the nine are homicide cases, it is suspected that the detainees were fatally assaulted either during or before interrogations. The NCIS response states that “only because IMEF erroneously listed NCIS on two cases that we were never notified on or conducted an investigation.”Įmail includes a "Briefing to Senate Arm Service Committee." It is a briefing on the actions taken by the CID in response to allegations of detainee abuse and deaths. Replies say that IMEF SJA was ordered to correct their original report. The email's author requested that IMEF reporting format to be amended to reflect accurately when NCIS is notified of allegations of abuse. On that day, marines from the Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, were alleged to have made four Iraqi juveniles kneel beside two shallow fighting holes while pistol discharged in mock execution. The same person also advised that NCIS was not notified about abuse alleged to have occurred on June 1, 2003. Another USMC email notes that the author spoke with an IMEF Fallujah official about this case, who said he did not notify NCIS of the death. One reply states that Command is aware of issue as is the Operations Branch of the Staff Judge Advocate (SJA). The NCIS official had not heard of one incident concerning detainee who is suspected of dying of head injuries after jumping out of window in Husaybah, Iraq, on April 19, 2004. ![]() ![]() String of emails in response to NCIS inquiry into an incident mentioned in a USMC report regarding all Iraqi detainee abuse and death cases. ![]()
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