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Fay Report Annex: Rights Warning Procedure Waiver Certificate

June 4, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 819
[Handwritten, at times illegible] Interviewee was a member of Military Intelligence arrived to AG on or about October 24, 2003, answered that he/she never witnessed detainee abuse or sexual assault. Interviewee did attest to the nudity of detainees, stated the practice of keeping detainees naked was done to 'humble them' and 'soften up' the detainees. Interviewee stated detainees were stripped, also, as part of in processing and some were stripped and kept naked in isolation. Noted that the practice later was forbidden and required approval in order to be executed. Interviewee stated dogs were used to "induce a collection of intelligence or confession." Interviewee also stated that he/she was aware of ghost detainees at the facility. Interviewee detailed the following incident, I "was invited to witness the punishment of three (3) detainees suspected of raping/sexually accosting another male detainee in Camp Vigilant B." [Redacted] shouted profanities and insults to (3) three naked detainees," who "were brought out and instructed to crawl on their stomachs and crawl dragging their genitals on the floor. They were told to roll left and right. [Redacted] would sprinkle/pour water as the detainees rolled. He then grabbed a football, climbed to the second tier and pelted the detainees below. Below the detainees were handcuffed together in a way to mimic homosexual relations. [Redacted] asked for a confession, promising to stop this punishment if the detainees confessed. Using their feet, the MPs shoved the detainees' hips to further mimic sexual relations. The instructions/requests were aided in full by the interpreter...One of the detainees began to bleed from his knee." Noted that he "was invited for entertainment, to enjoy the show of force against detainees."
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  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • [Handwritten, at times illegible] Interviewee was a member of Military Intelligence arrived to AG on or about October 24, 2003, answered that he/she never witnessed detainee abuse or sexual assault. Interviewee detailed the following incident, I "was invited to witness the punishment of three (3) detainees suspected of raping/sexually accosting another male detainee in Camp Vigilant B." Incident took place in "the isolation body," where there were a "civilian interpreter" and an "SPC...shouting into a dark room, dubbed as the hole. [He] shouted profanities and insults to (3) three naked detainees," who "were brought out and instructed to crawl on their stomachs and crawl dragging their genitals on the floor. They were told to roll left and right. [Redacted] would sprinkle/pour water as the detainees rolled. He then grabbed a football, climbed to the second tier and pelted the detainees below. Below the detainees were handcuffed together in a way to mimic homosexual relations. [Redacted] asked for a confession, promising to stop this punishment if the detainees confessed. Using their feet, the MPs shoved the detainees' hips to further mimic sexual relations. The instructions/requests were aided in full by the interpreter...One of the detainees began to bleed from his knee." Notes that "the next day I tell [Redacted] about the incident," who then tells him that "the issue is never pursued higher through the MP Chain of Command." Noted that he "was invited for entertainment, to enjoy the show of force against detainees."