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Interview of FBI Official re: Allegations of Detainee Abuse at Guantanamo Bay

Sept. 17, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4794
FBI Interviewed the Special Agent regarding his assignment to Guantanamo Bay. The agent was assigned to Guantanamo Bay as an interrogator from June 2, 2003 to July 17, 2003. During that time, the interviewee occasionally observed DOD personnel use sleep deprivation as an interrogation technique; the interrogators would play loud music for sixteen hours at a time, with four hour breaks in between sessions. The interviewee recalled being asked by an unidentified DOD employee whether he used 'fear up' or 'family compassion' as a technique. Also, the interviewee recalled hearing numerous rumors that a female DOD interrogator gave a detainee a lap dance and that a DOD interrogator forced a detainee to listen to "satanic black metal music" for hours and baptized the detainee afterwards.
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  • Unknown date, Unknown, Guantanamo
    • The interviewee was assigned to Guantanamo Bay as an interrogator from June 2, 2003 to July 17, 2003. During that time, the interviewee occasionally observed DOD personnel use sleep deprivation as an interrogation technique; the interrogators would play loud music for sixteen hours at a time, with four hour breaks in between sessions.