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

June 2, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 882
Interviewee was assigned to AG from the end of July 2003 to December 21, 2003 as an interrogator with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. Interviewee was aware of detainees wearing women's underwear, and learned of an incident where a soldier made a detainee walk around the facility naked. Also, interviewee attested to being brought naked detainees to interrogate, but stated that it was never at his/her request. Interviewee recalled an incident where he/she was supposed to sit in on an interrogation with an OGA, but was not allowed access, a sheet also prohibited his/her view into the interrogation booth. Interviewee recalled hearing loud sounds, one sound sounded like "something had hit the table." Interviewee also recalled that the OGA officer had his sidearm on him, which against the rules of the facility. Interviewee recalled using an approved-adjusted sleep schedule on a detainee. Interviewee also recalled an incident where one of their detainee's beds was mangled by a dog. The interviewee inspected the detainee's bed and saw that their bed had been "ripped apart." The detainee also recalled an incident that took place after a shooting at the facility, interviewee recalled seeing Iraqi Police detainees in the breezeway outside of 1A, where approximately 40 of them had been stripped searched. Interviewee also identified one of their detainees in a photograph, which depicts the detainee bound and on his knees with an unmuzzled guard dog held in front of him.
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RECEIVING AGENCIES:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was assigned to AG from the end of July 2003 to December 21, 2003 as an interrogator with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. Interviewee recalled an incident where he/she was supposed to sit in on an interrogation with an OGA, but was not allowed access, a sheet also prohibited his/her view into the interrogation booth. Interviewee recalled hearing loud sounds, one sound sounded like "something had hit the table." Interviewee also recalled that the OGA officer had his sidearm on him, which against the rules of the facility.
  • Unknown date, Abu Ghraib (Baghdad Correctional Facility (BCCF)), Iraq
    • Interviewee was assigned to AG from the end of July 2003 to December 21, 2003 as an interrogator with the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. The detainee also recalled an incident that took place after a shooting at the facility, interviewee recalled seeing Iraqi Police detainees in the breezeway outside of 1A, where approximately 40 of them had been stripped searched. Interviewee was aware of detainees wearing women's underwear, and learned of an incident where a soldier made a detainee walk around the facility naked. Also, interviewee attested to being brought naked detainees to interrogate, but stated that it was never at his/her request.