General Kern testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the detainee abuse that occurred at Abu Ghraib prison. Gen. Kern stated "We set our course to find truth, not to “whitewash” or to convict those who are not incriminated". And ...
Apr. 06, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Paul J. Kern
Paul J. Kern, Carl Levin, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Antonio Taguba, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski, Geoffrey D. Miller, Janis Leigh Karpinski
Interview (Transcript)
Paul J. Kern
Paul J. Kern, Carl Levin, Anthony R. Jones, George R. Fay, Antonio Taguba, Donald J. Ryder, Walter Wojdakowski, Geoffrey D. Miller, Janis Leigh Karpinski
This is the deposition of Brigadier General Janis L. Karpinski regarding conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility. In her interview, Gen. Karpinski testified that she visited cell blocks 1A and 1B regularly; that Abu Ghraib housed juveniles ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript), Judicial (Transcript)
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, Barbara G. Fast, Paul Hill, Kretzer, Walter Wojdakowski, Michael Diamond, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
Investigative File, Interview (Transcript), Judicial (Transcript)
Janis Leigh Karpinski, Thomas Pappas, Ricardo Sanchez, Geoffrey D. Miller, Barbara G. Fast, Paul Hill, Kretzer, Walter Wojdakowski, Michael Diamond, David D. McKiernan
Physical assault, General, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Isolation, Dietary manipulation, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Other
Interviewee tated that he/she never witnessed abuse, but once saw "use of dog but I do not know who used them or for what. The event happened at WOODSIDE." Also stated that "[t]here was another time in November when an MP used loud music which ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound
Sworn statement by 97B counterintelligence agent stating the he "overheard someone making a statement about a detainee dying while being interrogated by an Other Government Agency (OGA) official. The OGA then packed the detainee in ice and ...
Sworn statement of sergeant at Abu Ghraib including a description of his surprise that "certain approaches" were acceptable. He witnessed a detainee left in cold temperatures without clothes or a blanket and with untreated wounds. The sergeant ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, Barbara G. Fast, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of water, Other, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming, Other
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas, Barbara G. Fast, Ricardo Sanchez
Use of water, Other, Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Environmental manipulation, Light or sound, Temperature, Nudity, Other Humiliation, Forced grooming, Other
Sworn statement. Interviewee arrived to AG on October 15, 2003 for the purpose of conducting interrogation operations. The interviewee recalled requesting and receiving approval for the use of dogs for an interrogation, stated that the dogs were ...
Sworn statement from a 97B Counterintelligence Agent.
Witnessed use of dogs in interrogations; thought it was approved by Pappas. Does not recall abuse, but does remember an occasion where the line of questioning was not smooth.
Recalled the ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Nudity
Interview (Transcript)
Thomas Pappas
Use of phobias, Environmental manipulation, Temperature, Nudity
A Military Intelligence Officer was interviewed at Camp Victory by Major General Fay in regards to interrogation plans in place at Abu Ghraib Prison in 2003. The deponent discussed his arrival at Abu Ghraib and the duties he performed while ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript, Statement)
George R. Fay
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity
Interview (Transcript, Statement)
George R. Fay
Use of phobias, Sleep deprivation, Nudity
Interviewee was an Assistant Interrogation Analyst with the 302nd Military Intelligence Brigade.
Recalled one occasion in which a MP pushed a hooded-"untruthful" against a railing, causing the detainee to bleed.
"I saw a naked detainee who ...
Mar. 03, 2005
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Threat, Isolation, Nudity, Forced physical training
Interview (Transcript)
Physical assault, General, Threat, Isolation, Nudity, Forced physical training
Sworn statement, interviewee stated, I was asked to observe an interrogation which possibly fell on the border line [of inappropriate techniques].
Also, stated that he/she "heard of an unauthorized interrogation by three interrogators in SEP 03. ...