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Fay Report Annex: DOD Interview re: Conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility

May 23, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 832
Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview (Interviewee's title and length of assignment are unknown). Interviewee stated that he observed a detainee hooded and handcuffed to a railing. When he inquired about the detainee, a Military Policeman (MP) told him that the MPs were short handed and the MP "often had to 'park' a detainee somewhere if they could not immediately return him to his cell." The second incident he recalled was a detainee, was sleeping on a mattress on the floor in the hallway, handcuffed and covered with a blanket. When the interviewee inquired, he was told the detainee defecated on himself. Recalled the evening of a shooting in the Hard Site that LTG Sanchez gave a blanket approval for "somewhat harsher interrogation." Stated that during this time an Iraqi Police Officer was taken into a shower room where an MP threw a bucket of water at him "to wake him up." Interviewee also recalled an incident where a detainee had a gun in his cell and had to be taken by force. During his interrogation, the MPs used a particular MP as intimidation, telling the detainee to answer or the particular MP would return. The MP, at one point, put his hand over the nose and mouth of the detainee (cutting off his airflow). Also, the MP used his collapsible nightstick to push and possibly twist the detainee's arm causing pain. Interviewee added that when the MP walked out of the cell, he told the interviewee he "knew how to do this without leaving any marks." Interviewee recalled dogs were authorized and used in the facility. The interviewee also recalled an incident where a detainee was in isolation and one or two MPs and a male dog handler with a leashed, but unmuzzled, dog approached the detainee's cell. The detainee was handcuffed to the cell door, while the dog was allowed to jump up at the cell door, bark and snarl at the detainee.
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  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview. Interview stated that he observed a detainee hooded and handcuffed to a railing. When he inquired about the detainee, a MP told him that the MPs were short handed and the MP "often had to 'park' a detainee somewhere if they could not immediately return him to his cell."
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview. The second incident he recalled was a detainee "we commonly referred to as 'shitty' because he would often defecate in his cell and throw the feces around, at time throwing it at MPs...on this particular occasion at night [redacted] saw him sleeping on a mattress on the floor in the hallway, handcuffed and covered with a blanket. [redacted] asked the MP what was going on was informed the detainee defecated in the cell, covered himself with feces and thrown feces around the cell and at the MPs."
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview. Recalled the evening of a shooting in the Hard Site that LTG Sanchez gave a blanket approval for "somewhat harsher interrogation." Stated that during this time an IP was taken into a shower room where a MP threw a bucket of water at him "to wake him up."
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview. Interviewee also recalled an incident where a detainee had a gun in his cell and had to be taken by force. During his interrogation, the MPs used a particular MP as intimidation, telling the detainee to answer or the particular MP would return. The MP, at one point, put his hand over the nose and mouth of the detainee (cutting off his airflow). At another time, the MP used his collapsible nightstick to push and possibly twist the detainee's arm causing pain. Also stated that when the MP walked out of the cell, he told the interviewee he "knew how to do this without leaving any marks."
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee's Procedure 15 interview is an addendum to his prior interview. Interviewee recalled dogs were authorized and used on site. The interviewee also recalled an incident where a detainee was in isolation and one-two MPs and a male dog handler with a leashed, but unmuzzled dog approached the detainee's cell, the detainee was handcuffed to the cell door, the dog was allowed to jump up at the door, bark and snarl.