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FBI Email re: Response to Steve McCraw’s Email on Detainee Abuse and Maltreatment at Guantanamo Bay

July 9, 2004 | FBI | ACLU-RDI 4961
This email is a response to a Bureau wide memo sent by Steve McCraw to illicit information from FBI agents who toured through Guantanamo Bay to report any suspected or witnessed abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This FBI agent related the following: I was told sometime in the second or third week of February of 2004, a detainee was taken to an interview where he was yelled at for 25 minutes. The detainee was short-shackled, the room temperature was significantly lowered, and strobe lights were used and possibly loud music. After the initial 25 minutes of yelling, the detainee was left alone in the room in this condition for approximately 12 hours. The detainee was also refused permission to eat, pray, or use the bathroom.
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RECEIVING AGENCIES:
INCIDENTS OF ABUSE MENTIONED:
  • 2004-02-18, Unknown, Guantanamo
    • FBI agent who toured through Guantanamo related the following related the following: I was told sometime in the second or third week of February of 2004, a detainee was taken to an interview where he was yelled at for 25 minutes. The detainee was short-shackled, the room temperature was significantly lowered, and strobe lights were used and possibly loud music. After the initial 25 minutes of yelling, the detainee was left alone in the room in this condition for approximately 12 hours. The detainee was also refused permission to eat, pray, or use the bathroom.