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Letter from Thomas J. Harrington re: Suspected Mistreatment of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay

Nov. 4, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 3094
FBI Letter from T. J. Harrington to the Dept. of Defense concerning suspected mistreatment of detainees. The letter notifies DOD of three separate incidents of "highly aggressive interrogation techniques being used against detainees in Guantanamo." The email states "FBI SA entered the observation room (at Guantanamo) and complained that curtain movement at the observation [the] window was distracting the detainee, although no movement of the curtain had occurred. She directed a marine to duct tape a curtain over the two-way mirror between the interrogation room and the observation room. SA characterized this action as an attempt to prohibit those in the observation room from witness in her interaction with the detainee." and "The FBI SA observed [a female military person] apparently whispering in the detainee's ear, and caressing and applying lotion to his arms (this was during Ramadan when physical contact with a woman would have been particularly offensive to a Moslem male). On more than one occasion the detainee appeared to be grimacing in pain, and [the female military person’s] hands appeared to be making some contact with the detainee. Although SA could not see her hands at all times, he saw them moving towards the detainee's lap.”