Report on an informal investigation conducted by Brigadier General Richard P. Formica into specific allegations of detainee abuse within CJSOTF-AP [Combined Joint Special Operating Task Force – Arabian Peninsula] and 5th SF [Special Forces] Group ...
June 15, 2006
Oversight Report, Investigative File
Richard P. Formica
Ricardo Sanchez, George R. Fay, Richard P. Formica
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual, General, Threat, Assault/death, Family/others, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
Oversight Report, Investigative File
Richard P. Formica
Ricardo Sanchez, George R. Fay, Richard P. Formica
Use of water, Water dousing, Physical assault, Face slap or insult slap, Sexual, General, Threat, Assault/death, Family/others, Use of electricity, Stress positions, Cramped confinement, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Dietary manipulation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
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 ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Use of electricity, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, Use of electricity, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
Interviewee was assigned to AG on September 15, 2003. Interviewee provided a sworn statement in which he/she stated that at Camp Cropper, "it was well known that detainees who were brought into the facility complained of beatings from members of ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Threat, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Threat, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity, Other Humiliation
A statement by an individual stationed at Abu Ghraib as an individual augmentee on or about October 16, 2003. The individual stated that at Abu Ghraib, "there was no oversight of most of the interrogations being conducted as everyone was ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Isolation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Isolation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Religious
Memo describes a telephonic interview of [redacted]. The interviewee was assigned to AG from approximately the first week of June 2003 to September 21, 2003 as a Liaison Officer. Interviewee stated that she knew detainees were stripped during ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Barbara G. Fast
Stress positions, Nudity
Non-legal Memo, Interview (Statement, Summaries/Notes)
Barbara G. Fast
Stress positions, Nudity
Interviewee was assigned to AG in mid-October 2003, assigned to Tier 2 with the Iraqi criminals.
Interviewee mentioned needing to handcuff detainees to their cells during a search where dogs were used to look for bombs and other ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
Interview (Transcript)
Ricardo Sanchez
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual
This statement of a CACI civilian contractor for the Dept. of Defense who states that he arrived at Abu Ghraib Prison on October 5, 2003. He states that "The Joint interrogation Debriefing Center Commander gave all new arrivals a down and dirty ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Nudity
Interview (Statement)
Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Physical assault, General, Nudity
Telephone interview of [redacted] arrived in AG on October 20, 2003. Was made section leader of for the Force Protection Tiger Team.
Recalled seeing detainees mopping the floors, saw civilian clothed men (told they were Iraqi Police) leading ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Rauf Aliza
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced grooming, Other
Interview (Summaries/Notes)
Abdul Rauf Aliza
Use of phobias, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Sexual, Forced grooming, Other
Interviewee arrived to AG in late November 2003 as a member of the Tiger Team and then as an analyst.
Interviewee noted the use of sandbags over detainee heads.
Interviewee mentioned dogs were walked down the hallway, but did not go into ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Use of water, Other, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
Interview (Transcript)
Use of water, Other, Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity
Interviewee was the Platoon Sergeant for the 4th Platoon of the 372nd Military Police Company, he/she arrived on October 1, 2003.
Recalled hearing about a soldier take a female detainee into the wood shack, but did not recall the specifics of ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Environmental manipulation, Hooding/Goggling, Nudity, Other Humiliation