A Lieutenant Colonel admitted to issuing a death threat and firing his pistol next to the head of a detainee suspected of being part of a plot to assassinate U.S. troops, including the Lt. Col. This was supposedly done during an interrogation. Four (4) enlisted soldiers and a female civilian interpreter punched and kicked the detainee numerous times while they were interrogating him. Statements in the file indicate that the interrogation lasted for approximately one hour and that during this period a soldier (or the translator) brandished a knife at the detainee and told him that she would cut him with it. Soldiers were all from 2-20th Field Artillery Bn., 4th Inf. Div. All the soldiers received non-judicial punishments: none was discharged. No indication that the interpreter was sanctioned or recommended for investigation or prosecution.