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Schmidt-Furlow Report Enclosure 27: Summarized Witness Statement

Mar. 7, 2005 | DOA | SOUTHCOM | ACLU-RDI 2349
Summarized witness statement of a Major stationed at Guantanamo from February 2003 to January 2004 who supervised interrogations. The Major admits being aware of a number of incidents of detainee abuse, including a SFC's impersonation of a State Department official; the use of strobe lights; loud music; and states he was not aware of "short shackling" but did describe what appeared to be "short shackling" in detail. He also states that he was aware of a female sergeant having sexual contact with a detainee during interrogation and the “magic marker” incident where a detainee spat in face of the Sargent. “She was crying outside the booth and she developed a plan to psychologically get back at him. This technique was not in an approved interrogation plan. She touched the detainee on his shoulder, showed him the red ink on her hand and said by the way, I am menstruating. The guy threw himself on the floor and started to bang his head because he was so freaked out by the ink”.