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FBI Email re: Response to Steve McCraw’s Email on Detainee Abuse and Maltreatment at Guantanamo Bay

Aug. 2, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4944
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. These FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo: 1) dated July 9, 2004; 2) dated August 2, 2004. Both emails describe interrogations of detainees at Guantanamo. The July 9, 2004 emails 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 [FBI] interview policy/guidelines" and stated "To my knowledge, there were no FBI personnel involved in that interview". The email of August 2, 2004 states that "the lights had been turned off and a strobe light was flickering on and off, and loud rock music was being played. I estimate that this went on for 30 to 60 minutes. 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".
AUTHORING AGENCIES:
RECEIVING AGENCIES:
OFFICIALS MENTIONED:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2003-07-18, Unknown, Guantanamo
    • Emails from FBI agent who toured through Guantanamo. The email states that for one particular interview "the lights had been turned off and a strobe light was flickering on and off, and loud rock music was being played. I estimate that this went on for 30 to 60 minutes. 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".