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

DOD | ACLU-RDI 781
Interviewee was assigned to AG in early October as a the day shift Supervisor of Tier 1-3. Stated that he/she was unaware of detainee abuse and photos until it was reported on TV. Did recall, in mid-December "[o]ne day as I was walking the hard site, I saw in Tier 1 on the second floor, a two detainees on the ground facing down with only his stun, a bag over his head and naked below his waist I told my MP to cover him up and a blanket was placed over the detainee." Also recalled the following incident, where he/she found "a tub in the middle of the hallway with wires coming out and going into a cell. I picked up the tub and there was a transformer there. I opened the cell and there was a huge radio and a naked detainee in the cell. The detainee was not in the open and was alone. I asked someone who the hell placed him there but no one knew." Also noted, "[w]hen I would make my rounds in the morning I would find detainees in Tier IB without clothes. I would ask why they didn't have any clothes and I was told that they were that way before shift started. No names were given. I would have the MPs give them clothes. In the beginning, I did see detainees in the MI side with women's underwear and one with a suit covering his pnvate parts with two MRE containers. I did not understand it because when they came in from Vigilant, Gantt, or other places, they were clothed. I was told it was MIs way of making an uncomfortable environment in which helped with interrogations."
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INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was assigned to AG in early October as a the day shift Supervisor of Tier 1-3. Did recall, in mid-December "[o]ne day as I was walking the hard site, I saw in Tier 1 on the second floor, a two detainees on the ground facing down with only his shirt, a bag over his head and naked below his waist I told my MP to cover him up and a blanket was placed over the detainee." Also recalled the following incident, where he/she found "a tub in the middle of the hallway with wires coming out and going into a cell. I picked up the tub and there was a transformer there. I opened the cell and there was a huge radio and a naked detainee in the cell. The detainee was not in the open and was alone. I asked someone who the hell placed him there but no one knew." Also noted, "[w]hen I would make my rounds in the morning I would find detainees in Tier 1B without clothes. I would ask why they didn't have any clothes and I was told that they were that way before shift started. No names were given. I would have the MPs give them clothes. In the beginning, I did see detainees in the MI side with women's underwear and one with a suit covering his private parts with two MRE containers. I did not understand it because when they came in from Vigilant, Gantt, or other places, they were clothed. I was told it was MIs way of making an uncomfortable environment in which helped with interrogations."