Department of Defense
(released by the Government 3/3/2005, released by the ACLU 3/10/05)
Events took place in Iraq
| Gibbons Stamp | Record | Date
of Record |
Record Description |
| Section 1 | |||
| DOD 000089 - 000325 | Transcript of deposition of Brig. Gen. Janis L. Karpinski (Appendix to Fay, Jones, Kern report) | 7/18/2004 | Karpinski testifies that she visited cell blocks 1A and 1B regularly (AG 80, 89); that AGP housed juveniles detainees, including a detainee who "looked like he was 8-years old." The juvenile told her that "his brother was there with him, but he really wanted to see his mother, could he please call his mother. He was crying" (AG 90). Also testifies that few detainees were released by the release board; it was "releasophobia" (114, 115) (relating comment of General Fast: "His middle name is Osama. He might know Osama bin Laden. Put him back in the box"); testifies that Miller arrived to "Gitmoize" the operation (128); that Miller advised her to "treat detainees like dogs" (129); that General Wodjakowski said, "I don't care if we're holding 15,000 innocent civilians! We're winning the war!" and that she responded, "Not inside the wire, you're not, sir" (169); about ghost detainee (194); that Miller followed up on interrogation at AGP even after returned to GTMO (209); that TF 121 included (?) an Israeli national. |
| Section 2 | |||
| DOD 000326 - 000327 | Statement of screener at AGP; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 5/10/2004 | Discusses abuse at Asamiya Palace "I would say there were about 90 incidents that took place in Asamiya Palace." [Note that we also received this document as part of a CID file.] |
| DOD 000328 - 000329 | Statement of CACI contractor, 504th MI Brig; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | undated | CACI contractor who screened detainees arriving at AGP from Al-Adamiya Palace states that "There were many detainees who came in abused. While we were screening the detainees, they would ask us, 'Are they going to beat us here, too?' "They were abused with cigarette burns and electric shocks." [Note that we also received this document as part of a CID file.] |
| DOD 000330 - 000331 | Statement of 66th MI Grp. SGT; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 4/27/2004 | States that 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 states that "[t]here was another time in November when an MP used loud music which I believe was used to control his sleep schedule for an interrogator." |
| DOD 000332 - 000333 | Summary of interview with A Co., 519th MI Bn. Ft. Bragg; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 5/28/2004 | Interview intended to "clarify possibly conflicting statements concerning detainees being stripped naked and held in cells in the 1A area." States that stripping detainees "might have been an interrogation tactic that could have been attempted, but would have required advance approval." |
| DOD 000334 - 000335 | Statement of 519th MI Batt., 525th MI Brig., E-5; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/4/2004 | States that "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 placed him in a local taxi. The taxi driver was paid to take the body away. I was not sure if I had heard correctly until [redacted] confirmed the statement was made by [redacted] and not sure if it was a joke or a true story." |
| DOD 00036 - 000337 | Statement of A Co. 202 MI Bn. E-7/SPC; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/18/2004 | States that "I know that [redacted] would not have approved any interrogation plan that involved humiliating the source by stripping them, and neither would I." |
| DOD 000338 - 000339 | Statement of 66th MI Grp. SSG; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 4/27/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000340 - 000346 | Statement of B/Co, 470th MI Grp. SGT; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 5/18/2004 | States that "within the first two weeks of our arrival [at the JIDC], we were given the IROEs to sign. The thing that surprised me about the IROE was that certain approaches required a certain level of approval while others that I felt should have required approval were acceptable." Witnessed following abuse: "It was very cold that night. I found [redacted] without clothes, no blanket or mattress. His wounds were still bleeding and he had the catheter in. He did not have the bag just the catheter." Notes that some abuse incidents he knows to have occurred were not recorded on the logs. Saw detainees wearing female panties. Discusses use of dogs. In one incident, female soldier walked a naked male detainee across the camp b/c he had a bad attitude. Affiant recommended Article 15 hearing but "the incident was apparently kept quiet." States that "we had a baord in the ICE that showed all the cells to include those that had 'OGA' on them. I was told the detainees in those cells belonged to OGA and we shouldn't be concerned with them" (256). "I was told that one of [OGA's] detainees died of a heart attack in our detention facility while being interrogated, The detainee was taken out on a stretcher and treated as if he was sick so as not to upset the other detainees. On one occasion, interrogated Iraqi General. Sought Col. Pappas's help when interrogation was unsuccessful. Pappas provided Jordanian Major to assist w interrogation. Detainee cooperated. Notes that saw 4-50 photos of detainee abuse. |
| DOD 000347 | Summary of interview w Medical Corps, South Dakota Natl Guard; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/29/2004 | |
| DOD 000348 - 000349 | Statement of CACI screener; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 4/27/2004 | States saw photos of dead detainees w MI and MP personnel. |
| DOD 000350 - 000351 | Statement of 72nd MP Co., 0-3/NG; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/6/2004 | States that detainees were left out in sun to become dehydrated in prep for interrogations. Saw one detainee in interrogation tent w arms outstretched. |
| DOD 000352 - 000353 | Statement of 66th MI Grp. SPC; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 4/27/2004 | States used dogs in interrogation after approval from Pappas. |
| DOD 000354 - 000355 | Statement of 66th MI Grp. Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 4/27/2004 | States that heard of dog biting Iranian detainee. |
| DOD 000356 - 000357 | Statement of A Co., 519th MI Batt., 525th MI Brig. E-4/AD; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/15/2004 | Witnessed use of dogs in interrogations; thought that approved by Pappas. |
| DOD 000358 - 000359 | Statement of unnamed interrogator; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/16/2004 | States that three interrogators conducted an unauthorized interrogation. |
| DOD 000360 - 000361 | Statement of CJTF-7 CW2 (platoon leader for B/325 MI); Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 5/6/2004 | States that "I heard of an unauthorized interrogation by three interrogators. The interrogators took a female detainee and became fresh with her. I didn't hear what they did. . . . Another time, [redacted] had a detainee strip off his clothing. [Redacted] was also with her." |
| DOD 000362 | Summary of interview w DIA agent; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/9/2004 | States that never witnessed abuse. States that could not recall names or nicknames of OGA co-workers. |
| DOD 000363 | Summary of interview w S-3, 28th Combat Army Surg. Hospital; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/25/2004 | |
| DOD 000364 - 000365 | Statement of Titan Corp Civ; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/1/2004 | Heard about sleep management but does not recall using it. |
| DOD 000366 - 000367 | Statement of 302d MI Batt. SPC; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 5/1/2004 | Recalls one occasion on which MP punished "untruthful" hooded detainee by slamming his head against railing. When hood was taken off, detainee was bleeding. "I saw a naked detainee who was thrown in the black room (the Hole)." "One stress position I witnessed only once was when we had a detainee handcuffed to the floor but we only did it for a short period." |
| DOD 000368 - 000369 | Statement of 372nd MP Co. MD CPT; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/3/2005 | States that "I was shocked when I noticed that the detainees in Wing 1 were naked. There was one with women's underwear. . . . We had MI personnel without nametages; there were folks in civilian clothes, detainees, and ghost detainees. It was very frustrating. Things got a little better after the [ICRC] came to visit for the second time." "I have recently seen BrG KARPNISKI on TV, I totally disagreee with several of her statements. FIrst off, how can anyone say that MP's are not responsible? I take full responsibility for my seven soldiers." |
| DOD 000370 - 000371 | Statement of MNF-I, C2, IMIR CW2; ; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/16/2004 | "Ghost detainees were those detainees who arrived at AGP, but did not possess all documentation necessary for full in-processing. They were usually sourced from TF-121 or Other Governmental Agencies." |
| DOD 000372 | Summary of interview with 302nd MI BN; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report. | 6/9/2004 | |
| DOD 000373 - 000374 | Statement of B/302nd MI Batt. SPC.; ; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/4/2005 | |
| DOD 000375 - 000376 | Statement of CACI contractor, 504th MI BDE, JIDCA/202 MI BN, APO AE 09342; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/15/2004 | "Detainees were brought from the airport in bad shape by I think 4ID, but I really don't know the name of the unit." |
| DOD 000377 - 000378 | Statement of CACI contractor. 504th MI Brigade Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | undated | Discusses abuse at Adamiya. |
| DOD 000379 - 000380 | Statement of CACI contractor, 504th MI BDE, JIDCA/202 MI BN, APO AE 09342; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/15/2004 | States that "I made a statement about two weeks ago to [redacted] in reference to [Adamiya] and [redacted]. I screened both brothers [redacted] and both sisters [redacted]. . . . [T]hey were scared to death and they thought we were going to beat them. One said he was raped with a bottle by [redacted] and they mentioned another brother that was supposedly beat to death." "I saw detainees with bruises, black eyes, blood in the eyes, beaten, physical abuse." |
| DOD 000381 - 000382 | Statement of CACI contractor, 504th MI Brig. Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | undated | |
| DOD 000383 | Summary of interview with unnamed soldier; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/21/2004 | |
| DOD 000384 - 000388 | Statement [BAD COPY] | illegible | |
| DOD 000389 - 000390 | Statement of Titan Contractor, Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/5/2004 | States that saw detainees stripped naked. Saw "naked detainee with water being poured on him." "When interrogations were complete, the MPs would ask the MI if the detainee had cooperated or was good. MI would answer and tell them to put them in sleep deprivation or play loud music, in summer they would request to cover the window. In winter, they would request the blanket be taken away." Discusses sexual humiliation in interrogations. |
| DOD 000391 - 000394 | Summary of interview of 500th MI Grp.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/9/2004 | "I noticed one detainee naked on a mattress. I do not know if he was chained. He was called the 'bottle boy' because he shoved a bottle up his ass." |
| Section 3 | |||
| DOD 000395 - 000397 | Statement of 500th MI Grp. CIDET-J OFO E-6; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/14/2004 | "Techniques as sleep deprivation were a common thing. Sleep management was part of the extended IROE.. Of CACI interrogator: "he told me, ' I have been doing this for 20 years and I do not need a 20 yr old telling me how to do my job'. . . . He came out of an interrogation bragging that he made a detainee throw up, I believe it was." |
| DOD 000398 - DOD 00399 | Statement of A Co., 141 MI Bn., 300th MI Bdc E4.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/24/2005 | |
| DOD 000400 - 000401 | Statement of unnamed civilian.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | "Sleep management and depruvation were also used when authorized. It was generally implemented by keeping lights on in the detainee's cell for 20 of the 24 hours and varying the detainee's feeding schedule to throw off the detainee's biorhythm. Dietary manipulation and stress positions were also used, with approval, at GTMO." Reports interviewing high-level detainee who was "blindfolded and thrown around and against a wall during a previous interrogation." Suspects that certain interrogations were not entered into the dossier. |
| DOD 000402 | illegible | illegible | |
| DOD 000403 | Statement of unnamed contractor; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/12/2004 | Discusses a detainee who was thrown out of a vehicle handcuffed. |
| DOD 000404 - 000405 | Statement of CACI, 1 CAV Div. Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/6/2004 | Reports that detainees from Adamiya palace were abused. "One individual needed a psych eval and there is no way this individual was faking his status. Another prisoner says that he was transferred in the trunk of a vehicle. Some of the incidents reported to have occurred at Adamiya Palace are bleeding from the ears and electrocutions." |
| DOD 000406 - 000407 | Statement of A Co., 519th MI Batt., 525th MI Brig E-5; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | States that "in my opinion, COL. PAPPAS was not an experienced interrogator and appeared to be in over his head." States that witnessed detainees wearing women's underwear. |
| DOD 000408 - 000409 | |||
| DOD 000410 - 000411 | Statement of CACI contractor, 1 CAV Div. Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/6/2004 | [same as AG 316-17] |
| DOD 000412 | Summary of interview w LTC; Deputy Director, Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/1/2004 | |
| DOD 000413 - 000414 | Statement of CACI Contractor Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/27/2004 | |
| DOD 000415 - 000416 | Statement of 320th MP Bn 05; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/5/2026 | "It became obvious to me that the majority of our detainees were detained as the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and were swept up by Coalition Forces as peripheral bystanders during raids. I think perhaps only one in ten security detainees were of any particular intelligence value. It appeared that there was an extreme reluctance to release these low value inmates because of the fear that one of them might return to attack Coalition Forces." |
| DOD 000417 - 000418 | Statement of unnamed person at Caraopolis, PA; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/26/2004 | Discusses use of sleep deprivation. |
| DOD 000419 - 000424 | Letter from [redacted[, LTC, MP, 320th MP Batt.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/12/2004 | Acknowledges responsibility for all actions taken by soldiers assigned to the 320th MP BN. . . . When [redacted] returned to Camp Bucca shortly before midnight, she took vigilante justice against EPW that he believed had raped [redacted]]. 4 out of the 10 320th MP BN soldiers abused some of the EPWs; a clear indication that the abuse was the responsibility of those individuals acting alone and was not condoned by myself or any leader at Camp Bucca." |
| DOD 000425 - 000426 | Statement of unnamed E-7/ARNG; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2004 | |
| DOD 000427 - 000430 | Summary of interview with SFC, 229th MP Co.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 2/10/2004 | Recounts severe physical beating of prisoner at AGP by MI. |
| DOD 000431 - 000432 | Statement of 229th MP Co. SFC/E-7; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 9/21/2003 | Recounts beating of prisoner in bed of truck near Camp Vigilant. |
| DOD 000433 - 000434 | Statement of 229th MP E-4; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/21/2004 | Relates to beating of a prisoner inside the hard site. Identifies perpetrator, who is a CPT. |
| DOD 000435 - 000436 | Statement of 229th MP Co. E4; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2004 | |
| DOD 000437 - 000440 | Statement of 229th MP Co. SPC; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 1/20/2004 | Recounts incident of abuse: "The prisoner was lying prone on his stomach, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, flex-cuffed behind his back with a sandbag over his head. The prisoner was not resisting in any way. One soldier was standing next to the left side of the prisoner's head with the barrel of his rifle pressed against the prisoner's head. . . . . I observed this [other] soldier begin to strike the prisoner in the small of the back with a closed fist. The soldier struck the prisoner approximately 10 times. The sldier then stood up and kicked the prisoner in the right hip and right side approximately three times." Identifies perpetrator as a CPT. |
| DOD 000441 - 000442 | Statement of 6th Batt., 98th Div Maj/04; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 7/9/2004 | States that never heard Sanchez say, "Why are we detaining these people, we should be killing them." |
| DOD 000443 - 000444 | Statement of 6th Batt., 98thDiv. Maj/0-4; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2004 | "It appeared many detainees had been brought in and were being held without any real probable cause, other times rounded up just because they were of military service age or were in the vicinity of a raid." |
| DOD 000445 - 000446 | Statement of CJTF-7 C2X Civ.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/3/2004 | |
| DOD 000447 - 000449 | Statement of HHD/205th MI Brig. 04/AD; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/19/2004 | "COL. PAPPAS was working on a strategy for how we could implement the findings and recommendations from the MG MILLER report and the CJTF-7 CG's guidance from a briefing COL PAPPAS gave to LTG SANCHEZ on 11 September. In particular, COL PAPPAS was focused on aligning our operations with a GTMO-like model." |
| DOD 00450 - 000451 | Statement of 302d MI Batt SGT; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/11/2004 | States belief that "two detainees who had raped a boy . . . were made to strip down naked and handcuffed in certain contorted positions. . . He said that MPs were using detainees as practice dummies. They would hit the detainees as practice shots. They would apply strikes to their necks. And knock them out." |
| Section 4 | |||
| DOD 000452 - 000454 | Sworn Statement of E5/RA, 302nd MI BN; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 1/21/2004 | Reports hearing that "two detainees had raped a 14-year-old boy, so the MP's were handcuffing the detainees in contorted position to each other and making it look like the two detainees were having sex with each other. [redacted] told me that the detainees may have been naked at the time. She also said that the MP's made the detainees in isolation take their clothes off and wear women's underwear." Heard that "the MP's were using the detainees as practice dummies, like they would show each other how to knock someone out by knocking the detainee out. They did this while another detainee would watch and when the other detainee would get scared, the MP's would calm him and then hit him in some other way. He was also saying that the MP's were telling him how to hit the detainees so that you didn't leave a mark, and telling him what instruments to use so that they didn't leave marks." Also heard that "the guards would bring the dogs down to the cells and use them to scare the detainees. She told me that she thought it was funny because after they would take the dogs away, one MP would bark like a dog, and they would all watch as the detainees would run from him because they thought there was a dog in the room." Told that in the "isolation area," MP's said "they could do whatever they wanted to the detainees." |
| DOD 000455 | Memorandum for Record, Change Sheer Records Check; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/3/2004 | Record of interview. |
| DOD 000456 | Memorandum for Record, Change Sheer Records Check; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | Record of interview. |
| DOD 000457 | Memorandum for Record, Procedure 15 Interview Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/21/2004 | Interviewee invokes rights. |
| DOD 000458 - 000460 | Sworn Statement of E-4, A Co., 325 MI BN, 205th MI Brigade; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 1/31/2004 | Reports, "When I was walking through the isolation cells part of the prison, I saw prisoners being handcuffed to each other naked, having two inmates walking in the isolation section of the cells naked and handcuffed to each other. One of the MPs took a Nerf football and threw it at the detainees and another MP threw water at the detainees." Reports detainees being forced to do exercises. "Once I saw a detainee being walked on their hands and knees with a leash by an MP." "I saw MPs walking detainees on a leash and handcuffing them together...They walked out of the isolation section, up onto the second floor, through the whole isolation section, then they went down to where the Iraqi police were and they went back to the first floor...There was a third detainee...He was naked and they made him do push-ups, low crawl on the ground. [The MPs] were yelling at the detainee while he was doing this. There was no kicking or punching, if they wanted him to go the ground they would move the detainees arm to the ground and push them down." |
| DOD 000461 - 000462 | Sworn Statement of O-3, Magistrate Cell, AGP | 6/10/2004 | Describes processing of detention files. |
| DOD 000463 | Memorandum for Record re Interview of Tiger Team member; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/20/2004 | Notes, "on interrogation plan form there were two columns of procedures listed. The first colmn listed the less intrusive techniques like Fear Up, Incentives, Ego Up, etc. These procedures could be approved by his team leader. The second column listed more intrusive techniques such as Adjusted Sleep Schedule, Diet Management, etc. These techniques had to be approved at a higher level. Source related there was a lot of pressure to produce reports regardless of intelligence value. This could have contributed to interrogators taking short cuts during interrogations." |
| DOD 000464 - 000465 | Sworn Statement of E-5 officer, 519th MI Bn, Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | Reports seeing detainees naked when searched on entering the hard site, and seeing detainees wearing pink underwear. |
| DOD 000466 - 000467 | Sworn statement of ISG, 372nd MP Co;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/4/2004 | Records seeing blood on the wall when a general was pulled out of a cell. |
| DOD 000468 - 000469 | Sworn Statement of Civilian interrogator sent from GTMO;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/7/2004 | Notes, "[t]here was a lot of nakedness at AG. In many cases it was because there was lack of clothing at the facility. Those who cooperated got clothing first. . . .Removal of clothing for interrogation purposes was a 'questionable technique' that needed approval and was allowed in GTMO, but rarely occurred." |
| DOD 000470 - 000471 | Sworn Statement of E-5, 72nd MP Co;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/6/2004 | Notes, "I saw MI use stress positions (standing, arms outstretched) and believe this was an effective technique. . . .MI also employed sleep deprivation and verbal assault (yelling) techniques. MI (both soldier and Other Government Agencies (OGA)) did use clothing removal as an interrogation technique in Tier 1A. It was not common but it was routine and authorized by MI." |
| DOD 000472 - 000474 | Maj, 6th MI BN, 98th Division ;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/28/2004 | "There was an extraordinary amount of pressure from the chain of command to get results. . . . They would raid a house and take everyone. They refused to let anyone go due to the fear that the wrong guy might be let loose or they felt that they would simply be gathering this same individual the next day." . . .Subject recalls overhearing officers talk about Sanchez saying, in response to the capture of a number of Iraqis during a raid, something to the effect of "Why are we detaining these people, we should be killing them." Subject notes, "this type of comment contributed to a command climate that fostered an atmosphere where ill intentioned personnel could perceive circumstances where deeds not consistent with military standards would be tolerated if not condoned. I was ordered not to discuss this investigation with anyone else." |
| DOD 000475 - 000476 | 72nd Military Police Co;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/6/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000477 | Blank page;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | ||
| DOD 000478 - 000479 | Sworn Statement of SFC, 519th MI Bn;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/29/2004 | Describes inquiry into allegations that MI picked up a detainee and threw him into a truck, nothing resulted from the incident. Reports unauthorized nighttime interrogation of a female detainee which resulted in 3 soldiers getting a Field Grade Article 15 by Col. Pappas. |
| DOD 000480 - 000481 | Sworn Statement of CIV, CACI, bu Ghraib;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. | |
| DOD 000482 - 000483 | CPT, OSJA, CJTF-7, AGP;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | Reports that subject advised colleague who found a thumbdrive containing photos of dead anti coalition forces that the photos were not unlawful and it was proper to return them to their owner. | |
| DOD 000484 - 000485 | Memorandum for Record Re Procedure 15 Investigation Questions on Photos of Iraqis on the Battlefield;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/27/2004 | Reports that subject advised colleague who found a thumbdrive containing photos of dead anti coalition forces that the photos were not unlawful and it was proper to return them to their owner. |
| DOD 000486 - 000488 | Sworn Statement of E-4, B. Co. 325 MI BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 7/2/2004 | Records finding a detainee naked in the cell, who was embarassed that there was a female in the same cell. Also records "quite a few others naked in the cell. I did not discuss this with anyone because it was known that the detainees were in their cells naked. It was a call by the MPs to keep them naked in the cells." Notes, "detainees would tell us that they were beaten when they were initially arrested and they would show us their bruises. Often times the detainees that were beaten during arrest were quite relieved that they weren't being abused at the prison. One detainee that I recall admitted to lying to us because he thought that he was going to be beaten, and decided to talk after he found out we wouldn't hurt him." Adds that "we asked the MP on duty to strip [a detainee] naked for us for the interrogation. . . .We could use stress positions without the approval of higher." But then notes, " I never saw or was aware of any detainee abuse, humiliation . . ." |
| DOD 000489 - 000491 | Memorandum for Record Re Procedure 15 Interview of member of 519th MI BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/2/2004 | Records finding a detainee naked in the cell, who was embarassed that there was a female in the same cell. Relates colleague's use of "direct approach, fear up, love of family" and interrogating a detainee naked. Adds, "we asked the MP" to "strip the detainee naked." |
| DOD 000492 | Memorandum for Record recording interview of member of 72nd MP BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/9/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 00493 - 000495 | Newspaper article;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/14/2004 | Article entitled,"Nevada national guard soldier says she reported no prisoner abuse." |
| DOD 00496 - 000409 | Sworn statement of Maj, Military Intelligence Readiness Command;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000498 - 000499 | Sworn Statement of E-6/USAR, 3401 Strategic Military Intelligence Detachment, member of GTMO Tiger team deployed to AGP;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | Records observing use of "fear up," "ego down," and "sleep deprivation" not exceeding 36-48 hour period. Adds that "[dogs] were used in GTMO during in-processing. I think it was a 'fear up' technique." |
| DOD 000500 | Memorandum for Record Re Telephonic Interview of DIA debriefer;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/9/2004 | States that interrogations complied with Army FM and Geneva Conventions. |
| DOD 501 | Statement based on telephone Conversation;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/25/2004 | Records request for list of all medical personnel at AGP prison from 28th Combat Army Surgical Hospital. |
| DOD 000502 - 000503 | Sworn Statement of CIV, Titan Corp;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/1/2004 | Records hearing of "sleep management where in a detainee would only be allowed an hour or so sleep in a 24 hour period." |
| DOD 000504 - 000505 | Sworn Statement of SPC, 302nd MI Battalion; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/XX/2005 | States that MP threw detainee against a wall so that he hit the railing. "When the MPs took the bag off, I noticed the detainee had blood on his head." On another occasion, subject saw MPs making two detainees do PT. Describes 2 female OGAs going into a cell with weapns. |
| DOD 000506 - 000507 | Sworn Statement of E-5, 519th MI Bn;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | Records overhearing about death of OGA detainee. "The OGA then packed the detainee in ice and placed him in a local taxi. The taxi driver was paid to take the body away. . . . REDACTED allowed OGA to house their detainees at the AG facility in 'ghost cells' in block 1A." Witnessed a detainee wearing only pink underwear. |
| DOD 000508 - 000511 | Statement of SPC, 321 MI BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | States that at Camp Cropper, "it was well known that detainees who were brought into the facility complained of beatings from members of Seal team 5 and TF 20 personnel. Notes it was "common practice to use sleep deprivation and sleep management with the detainees. . . .It was also common that the detainees on MI hold in the hard site were initially kept naked and given clothing as an incentive to cooperate with us." Records possible abuse of a Syrian detainee who may have been hit by MPs, "cutting his ear to the extent that it required stitches." Notes seeing a barking dog in an interrogation cell and refers to this as a "fear up" technique, and states that a female colleague told subject that she had stripped an uncooperative detainee and walked from the conex area to the Camp Vigilant area on a cold night of about 30 degrees. Reports knowledge of incident in which interrogators made a female detainee remove her shirt. Adds, "it was common knowledge that REDACTED used sleep deprivation and dogs while he was on his special projects, working directly for Col Pappas." Reports hearing of dogs being used on detainees and MPs referring to "doggy dance" sessions. Describes another incident in which two naked prisoners were made to crawl on the floor. | |
| DOD 000512 - 000514 | Sworn Statement of E4 officer, 321 MI BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/25/2004 | Text is very similar to statement in record listed immediately above. Notes that at Camp Cropper, "it was well known that detainees who were brought into the facility complained of beatings from members of Seal team 5 and TF 20 personnel." Adds that when he first arrived at AG, "it was common practice to use sleep mgt," etc. |
| DOD 000515 - 000517 | Sworn Statement of E-4 officer, 325 MI BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 2/12/2004 | Handwritten Questions and Answers. Records MPs stripping two detainees naked, tying them together and making them crawl along on the floor. |
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| DOD 000518 - 000519 | Sworn Statement of Civ., 66th MI Group;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/27/2004 | Reports seeing an MP shoot a detainee with a rubber bullet and looking at a thumb drive containing photos of dead and naked detainees and a photo of soldiers with hooded detainees. |
| DOD 000520 - 000521 | Sworn statement of SGT, 800th MP BDE;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2004 | Records using a dog in an interrogation. |
| DOD 000522 | Memorandum for Record Re Procedure 15 interview of CACI employee;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/10/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000523 - 000524 | Sworn statement of CIV, CACI;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | xx | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000525 - 000526 | Sworn statement of SGT, 325th MI BN;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/2X/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000527 - 000528 | Sworn Statement of E-8 officer, 141 MI Bn;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | XX/XX/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000529 - 000530 | Sworn Statement of SFC, 372nd MP Co;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/5/2004 | Records death of OGA detainee. An autopsy confirmed that he died due to a blood clot in his head. "The entire command knew about this incident." |
| DOD 000531 - 000532 | Sworn Statement of SFC, 372nd MP;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/12/2004 | Records a notice saying "strip cell per MI." in Tier 1 in Dec 2003. Adds, "[t]his meant that everything was out of the cell and the detainee was either naked or clothed only in underwear." |
| DOD 000533 - 000534 | Sworn Statement of E4 officer, 325 MI Bn;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | Notes that there was an excel spreadsheet kept on sleep mgt and deprivation techniques requested or approved.. Recalls hearing about detainee made to walk naked around the area. |
| DOD 000535 - 000537 | Sworn Statement of CW3, 260 MI Bn; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/3/2004 | Describes interrogation-related tasks while posted at GTMO and AGP |
| DOD 000538 - 000539 | Sworn Statement of CW3, 260th MI Bn;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/6/2004 | Recalls vaguely an incident in which interpreter walked out of an interrogation. |
| DOD 000540 | Memorandum for Record Re Procedure 15 Interview of;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/21/2004 | Records interviewees waiver of rights. |
| DOD 000541 - 000542 | Sworn statement of SPC 66th MI Group;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/13/2004 | Notes that it "was common to see detainees in cells without clothes or naked. . . . No one ever said that naked detainees was a violation." |
| DOD 000543 - 000544 | Sworn statement of SPC, 66th MI Grp;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/2X/2004 | Describes use of Pride and Ego down down technique on detainee. |
| DOD 000545 - 000546 | Sworn statement of SPC, 66th MI Grp;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 1/21/2004 | Records seeing detainees naked, slapped. |
| DOD 000547 - 000548 | Sworn statement of E5 oficer, 229th MP Co,;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2005 | States that other than 2 incidents which he had reported to CID he did see "several isntances of both MPs giving physical training sessions to detainees as a punishment measure, to include what is called "rocking" whereby the detainee is made to kneel on gravel or rocks as a control measure. For a while after I arrived, I also observed both MPs and MI personnel yelling at detainees." |
| DOD 000549 - 000553 | Sworn statement of E-5, 229th MP Co;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 1/20/2004 | States that MI hit a male detainee in the back of the head with a closed fist, causing the detainee to fall forward. |
| DOD 000554 - 000555 | Sworn statement of Civ., CACI;Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 27/4/2004 | Records use of sleep management program and use of dogs in interrogations. |
| DOD 000556 - 000557 | Sworn Statement of CACI Employee; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/22/2004 | States that heard "unusual sounds coming from the Segregation Hole in isolation wing alpha." "The detainee was being placed into the Segregation Hole according to the approved interrogation plan and the sound of the detainee falling or possibly being struck was heard. . . . When an interrogation plan outside the approved Interrogation Rules of Engagement is requested by an interrogator, the plan must be reviewed and approved by Col Tom Pappas and the Jag Officer. However, in some circumstances, this approval must go up to the office of General Sanchez for direct approval." Describes "Sleep Meal Management Program" approved by Pappas for use on detainee. |
| DOD 000558 - 000559 | Sworn Statement of 372nd MP Co SPC; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/7/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. SPC was, however, aware of "ghost detainees . . . brought in by OGA, " who were "not accounted for or kept tracked of." |
| DOD 000560 - 000561 | Sworn Statement of 372nd MP Co SPC; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/7/2004 | Records awareness of "ghost" detainees "brought in by OGA," and "not accounted for or kept tracked off." Recalls being notified around 430 that OGA was bringing in a detainee, he was called to come get the detainee. Two MPs and 2 OGA guys brought in the detainee to the shower room. By the time the SPC arrived, "the individual appeared to be dead," and still had a sandbag over his head, which the SPC took off. Pappas and medical personnel arrived. Was not aware of dogs having been used during interrogations, but heard that a dog had bitten a detainee during a search. |
| DOD 000562 | No Copy of Statement by REDACTED is present on the CD Copy of Jones-Fay-Kern Report | xx | |
| DOD 000563 - 000564 | Memorandum for Record Re Interview of REDACTED (text reveals interviewee is C2X of CJTF-7 from Sep 2003-March 2004). | 6/29/2004 | Records statement of individual who was C2X of CJTF-7 from Sep. 2003 through March 2004 who had "responsibility for staff oversight of all interrogation operations in Iraq and who replaced MG Fast as the president of the Article 78 Board (Security Internee and Review Board). Describes logistical aspects of the screening of AGP detainees and the workings of the Article 78 Board. |
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| DOD 000565 - 000567 | Sworn Statement of 229th MP Co. VA National Guard Platoon leader; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/27/2004 | States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
| DOD 000567 - 000570 | Notes summarizing interview conducted by Taguba of First Lieutenant with 229th MP Co. VA Army National Guard, currently located at AGP; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 2/10/2004 | Describes living conditions, shortage of personnel, equipment. States that he wrote SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) on being requested to do so. Notes that "the rules state that you can yell at a person . . .," and when presented with the 205th MI Interrogation Rules of Engagement, said "that's the first time I saw those rules." Adds, "I was there when the abuse happened, and my soldiers looked at me." Describes his own efforts to stop the abuse. |
| DOD 000571- 000573 | Sworn Statement of Major, Assistant S-3 for the 20th MI BDE.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/15/2004 | Notes that Pappas took over command of the 205th MI BDE on July 1, 2004 and that at "all operations" were consolidated in Abu Ghraib and he became Deputy commander for the Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center (JIDC). Notes that Sanchez was not happy with the intelligence coming out of interrogations. Adds, "Col. Pappas did not tell me to check on the well-being or care of detainees. He didn't tell me to ensure everyone was in compliance with the IROEs or the Geneva Convention. I do remember seeing the policy that specified that LTG Sanchez had to approve certain interrogation techniques. . . . MG Miller visited Abu Ghraib facility and recommended the Tiger Teams concept be implemented. The concept I was told was 1 X interrogators, 1X linguist, 1X report writer, and 1 X analyst. My orders were to go to Abu Ghraib and set up the Tiger Teams to conduct interrogations." Notes that OGA would drop off detainees, that they were not accounted for, and that "Pappas told us we would work with OGA and allow them to bring detainees and not process them. . . .Pappas said that OGA did not want our interrogators to sit in their interrogations because this would open our interrogators to liability." Records death of OGA detainee "Both LTC Pappas and I were shocked. Col. Pappas said to get redacted in and that he was not going down alone on this. OGA did not want to just take the dead body. They placed the body in a body bag and placed ice in it. . . . The next day the body was taken away on a stretcher to make it seem as if the detainee was ill. I was told an autopsy was conducted." |
| DOD 000574 - 000575 | Sworn Statement of SPC/RA, Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center, BCCF, Iraq; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/6/2004 | |
| DOD 000576 - 000577 | Memorandum for Record summarizing telephonic interview of member of 325th MI BN; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/4/2004 | |
| DOD 000578 - 000579 | Sworn Statement of SPC, 66th Military Intelligence Group; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 4/27/2004 | States that "I did see naked detainees. I think it happened one night in December. . . . I believe anytime there was a new detainee in the segregation area they were stripped of their clothes. . . . I heard there was the use of dogs but I never saw it. The only time I knew of any possible foul play was when I found REDACTED was disciplined for walking a naked detainee back to his camp. We were allowed to interrogate by the stairs in the segregated area and the shower room. The command was aware of this." |
| DOD 000580 - 000581 | Sworn Statement of Civilian providing overall assessment of interrogation operations, training and advice, E. Co, 309th MI Bn, Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/10/2004 | Notes, "I did see detainees in various states of dress to include nakedness and detainees. The MPs used segregation and stripping as a way to keep the detainees under control and to keep them from talking. . . .On one occasion, I had a conversation with REDACTED concerning the IROE and interrogation approaches. I gave him examples of approached including Pride and Ego Down where an interrogator took a Koran, threw it on the floor and stepped on it and Fear Up harsh where the interrogator had a a dog trained to bark on cue if the interrogator thought the detainee was lying. I also explained sleep deprivation. I told him that in Afghanistan the interrogators could use an adjusted sleep schedule for detainees. The conversation was meant to explain why these activities were prohibited or restricted. . . . There was intense pressure from the command to provide intelligence reporting." |
| DOD 000582 | Memorandum from REDACTED to REDACTED, June 21, 2004 Re Regarding our conversation; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/21/2004 | Notes, "I talked briefly about the approach ROE. Then I told him that I'd heard that dogs had been used successfully and that they could be intimidating. . . . I told him that these prisoners are captured by soldiers, taken from their familiar surroundings, blindfolded and put into a truck and brought to this place; and then they are pushed down a hall with guards barking orders and thrown into a cell, naked; and that not knowing what was going to happen or what the guards might do caused extreme fear. . . . I suggested he have someone take some pictures of what seemed to be guards being rough with prisoners, so he could use them to scare the prisoners. I also described what I thought was a formal, professional prisoner in-processing as I observed it in Bagram." |
| DOD 000583 - 000584 | Sworn Statement of individual offering interrogation advice and assistance in Afghanistan and Abu Ghraib; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/30/2004 | Describes converstion with REDACTED setting forth use of dogs, Pride and Ego Down (throwing the Koran on the ground), sleep adjustment, use of intimidating photographs etc in Afghanistan, but adds that such techniques were closely monitored. |
| DOD 000585 - 000586 | Sworn Statement of SSG, 37nd MP Co.; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/XX/2004 | Records that the "personnel dropping . . . off [OGA detainees] had no name and brought them in about 0400 in the morning.""One day, as I was walking the hard site, I saw in Tier 1 on the second floor, two detainees on the ground facing down with only his shirt, a bag over his heard and naked below his waist. . . . The other incident I witnessed was when the ICRC was visiting and I was escorting them. There was a tub in the middle of a hallway with wires coming out and going into a cell. The detainee was not in the open and was alone. . . . I did see detainees in the MI side with women's underwear and one with a suit covering his private parts with two MRE containers." |
| DOD 000587 - 000588 | Sworn statement of W-4/AD rank member of 519 MI Bn, 525th MI BDE; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/15/2004 | States that in Nov. 03 he conducted an interrogation of two Iraqi Generals who had been physically abused by MPs, and that he reported this information to higher headquarters and CID. He was contacted by the NY Times and advised by his chain of command to "refer all inquiries regarding AG to the Army Public Affairs Office." In Dec 03, he witnessed "the authorized use of a guard dog in an interrogation. The dog handler would let the guard dog get in close proximity of the detainee possibly without a muzzle so the dog could bark and frighten the detainee." He witnessed detainees in the nude "on at least four occasions." "It was a practice, especially for MI holds to take their clothes in a possible attempt to renew the 'capture shock' of detainees who had been in US custody for an extended period of time or were transferred from other facilities." |
| DOD 000589 - 000590 | Sworn Statement of HUMINT Collection Interrogator, 1st Engineer Battalion, 3rd Combat Support Brigade, 95th Division, Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/26/2004 | Records that at Camp Cropper, 519th MI BN interrogators had a detainee down in "stress position down on his knees with his arms stretched out to both sides." Adds that at Camp Cropper, "some detainees that were brougt in by SEAL Team 5 and Task Force 20 . . . appeared to be very severely beaten . . . When we would inquire about their wounds, the SEALs/TF-20 members would provide a general 'they resisted' response. REDACTED was responsible for recording these injuries, and wrote reports, I believe, on all such incidents." Describes procedure for approval of interrogation techniques not contained in FM 34-52 through Pappas and Sanchez. Records a Nov 03 incident in which he observed a detainee stripped down to his underwear by an interrogator in the hard site. |
| DOD 000591 - 000595 | Sworn Statement of S-3, 205th MI Bde, V Corps; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/24/2004 | Describes how MG Miller's visit and follow-on team from GTMO cemented Sanchez's decision to apply GTMO methods to Abu Ghraib. Notes that OGA placed their detainees without identifying them. |
| DOD000596 | Sworn Statement of SPC, 372nd MP, Camp Victory, Iraq, Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/12/2004 | |
| DOD 000597 | Memorandum for Record, 28 May 2004, re 27 May 2004 telephonic interview, Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/28/2004 | |
| DOD 00598 - 000606 | Sworn Statement of CPT, 519 MI BNAnnex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/21/2004 | States that JTF-GTMO model could not be replicated in Iraq but "Miller appeared to press forward with his JTF-GTMO recommendations." States that Sanchez visited AGP on 30 Sept and then in the beginning of Nov 03 when he "expressed concern about the interrogation operation to Col. Pappas and indicated that the issue would be further discussed 'later.'" Sanchez issued a FRAGO on 19 Nov 03, appointing Pappas as the FOB Commander, giving him responsibility for all assigned at AG. "I believed that MI should not become involved in detainee or prison operations . . . The FRAGO generated tension between MIs and MPs." "We had used 'sleep adjustment' and 'stress positions' as effective techniques in Afghanistan. Although I never saw written authorization, the techniques had SJA and CJTF-180 C-2X/C2 review and approval on a case by case basis. . . . I concluded they would be effective tools for interrogation operations at AG. . . . Because the winds of war were changing and the mounting pressure from higher for 'actionable intelligence' from interrogation operations, I requested more options than FM 34-52 provided. REDACTED acquired a copy of TF-121 IROE and essentially 'plagiarized,' it . . . and then submitted the IROE . . . for approval." Records IROEs dated 10 Sep 03 and 14 Sep. 03, and states that "I created a slide which sythesized the 15 September IROE and posted the IROE in numerous locations throughout the working area as a constant reminder. This original slide contained three columns--the first column general interrogation techniques IAW FM 34-52. Techniques outside of the FM were placed in a second column which I titled 'OIC approval required prior to use.' . . . The third column was titled 'CG's approval required for use on EPWs. After the subsequent IROE MFR was signed by LTG Sanchez on 12 Oct 03, I created a second slide to reflect the changes . . . ." Records objection to "overnight parking" of OGA detainees, which was overriden after death of an OGA detainee. |
| DOD 000607 - 000608 | Sworn Statement of analyst. 1st MI Bn, 205th MI Bde; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/1/2004 | Notes, "[a]round 15 or 16 Dec 03, the Tiger Teams were called together" by Pappas "who told us that anything listed on the IROE has been 'pre-approved' by LTG Sanchez. An Iraqi general was assigned to us for interrogation. . . . It was decided to transport [him] from his cell to the shower facility in the nude." Notes, "our team used sleep deprivation on occasion we were informed by ICE operations that the procedure had been approved, I do not know what level." |
| DOD 000609 | Memorandum for Record Re Telephonic Interview of REDACTED (chief of medical team for security detainees); Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/9/2004 | Notes that he did not see abuse or see injuries which he suspected as abuse, that most medical files would be quite "thin," and few records were kept. |
| DOD 000610 | Memorandum for Record Re Negative Rsults Photograph Identification; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/5/2004 | Records subject was unable to identify anyone depicted in the photographs of alleged detainee abuse. |
| DOD 000611 - 000612 | Sworn Statement of Interrogator, Detainee Assessment Branch, 500th MI Group, Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/23/2004 | Records overhearing conversations about abuse towards detainees (beating, placing in uncomfortable positions). |
| DOD 000613 | Sworn Statement of REDACTED (Pvt, 535 MO BN, transcribing handwritten statement immediately below); Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | xx | Identifies individual in photo; states that subject heard from REDACTED that "the death of the detainee was from integration from MI. She told me it was listed as a heart attack but she knew th[at it] was something else." Adds, "she told me that he had been beaten." Notes, "REDACTED told me that MI and OGA said that they were to keep doing what they were doing to the detainees because they were talking faster than ever." |
| DOD 000614 - 000615 | Sworn Statement (handwritten) of Pvt, 535 MP BN; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | xx | Handwritten notes of sworn statement described in record listed immediately above. Identifies individual in photo; states that subject heard from REDACTED that "the death of the detainee was from integration from MI. She told me it was listed as a heart attack but she knew th[at it] was something else." Adds, "she told me that he had been beaten." Notes, "REDACTED told me that MI and OGA said that they were to keep doing what they were doing to the detainees because they were talking faster than ever." |
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| DOD 000616 | Sworn Statement of SPC, 372nd MP Co; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | xx | Records detainee abuse, including stripping detainees, piling them on the floor, stumping on the fingers or toes of detainees, punching detainees till they were unconscious, and photographing abuse. |
| DOD 000617 - 000619 | Sworn Statement of Col, HHD, 205th MI Brigade; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 2/11/2004 | Notes, "policies and procedures established by the JIDC relative to detainee operations were enacted as the result of a visit by MG Geoffrey Miller . . . . I have provided his in-brief (enclosure 5), his out-brief (enclosure 6) and a draft update for the Secretary of Defense (enclosure 7)." Records 2 violations of interrogation rules provided in "CJTF-&-CG Memorandum dated 5 October 2003"--one incident involved 2 female detainees and three male interrogators; another incident involved a female interrogator. |
| DOD 000620 - 000622 | Sworn Statement of Col, HHD, 205th MI Brigade; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 2/11/2004 | Duplicate of record listed immediately above. Notes, "policies and procedures established by the JIDC relative to detainee operations were enacted as the result of a visit by MG Geoffrey Miller . . . . I have provided his in-brief (enclosure 5), his out-brief (enclosure 6) and a draft update for the Secretary of Defense (enclosure 7)." Records 2 violations of interrogation rules provided in "CJTF-&-CG Memorandum dated 5 October 2003"--one incident involved 2 female detainees and three male interrogators; another incident involved a female interrogator. |
| DOD 000623 - 000629 | Sworn statement of LTC, 205th MI Brigade, Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/14/2004 | Describes "pressure from the Department of Defense to produce actionable intelligence" from the security internees, Miller's visit, GTMO help in implementing Tiger Team concept at Abu Ghraib, IROEs created by JODC, use of sleep management and segregation. Records death of an OGA detainee during interrogations, subject observed "injuries to the left side of the head." Notes that it "was decided that the body would be placed in a bag and iced to prevent rotting. The body was removed that evening/next day quietly making it appear as if a detainee was injured in order to prevent unnecessary panic among the other detainees. Notes that the ICRC visited Abu Ghraib twice, once before subject was FOB commander and once after. Adds, "I did receive a copy of the results and noted there were allegations of maltreatment and detainees wearing women's underwear on their heads. I did not believe it. I felt some detainees just simply wanted to get some sympathy. I truly believed our guys were not doing this. . . . When the ICRC came by the second time, the FOB invoked GCIV/Article 143 for eight detainees to prevent them from talking to the ICRC while undergoing active interrogation." |
| DOD 000630 - 000631 | Sworn Statement of 0-8 officer, MNF-I, DCS-OPS; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/20/2004 | Describes Sanchez's frustration regarding detainee operations situation and other miscellaneous detainee operations issues. |
| DOD 000632 - 000633 | Sworn Statement of 0-8 officer, MNF-I, DCS-OPS; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | xx | Duplicate of record immediately above. Describes Sanchez's frustration regarding detainee operations situation and other miscellaneous detainee operations issues. |
| DOD 000624 - 000635 | Sworn Statement of Walter Wojdakowski, V Corps; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/17/2004 | Partially unreadable. Describes in general roles of Sanchez, Karpinski and Pappas. |
| DOD 000636 - 000638 | Sworn Statement of Geoffrey Miller; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/19/2004 | States that Miller was in D.C. briefing the Deputy Secretary of Defense in May 2003 when he met with MG Ron Burgess and spoke with him about JTF GTMO assisting with intelligence, interrogation and detention in Iraq. After SOUTHCOM issued a FRAGO to that effect, Miller and his team departed for Iraq. Notes that operations at JTG GTMO differed from CJTF-7 operations as the latter were conducted under the provisions of Geneva Conventions 3 and 4. Notes, "The operations at JTFG GTMO conducted detention and interrogation of enemy combatants. JTF GTMO adhered to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions except where military necessity dictated as directed by the Nov 01 Presidential Directive." Records discussions with Fast, Sanchez and Pappas. States that he recommended written interrogation policies for CJTF-7 and that "we provide the SECDEF approved interrogation authorities from JTF GTMO to CJTF-7 legal staff." Adds "we never used dogs for interrogations while I was in command of JTF FTMO," and that to the best of his knowledge JTF GTMO never utilized removal of clothing as an interrogation technique over the period (12 Dec 02 to 15 Jan 03) for which SECDEC had approved this technique for use. |
| DOD 000639 | Memorandum for Record Re Procedure 15 Interview of MG Geoffrey Miller; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/21/2004 | States that Fay interviewed Miller on 19 June 2004 and that Miller provided a statement which was recorded by REDACTED. Miller would not sign the statement and stated that "we would have to send him a set of questions he would provide answers to." |
| DOD 000640 - 000641 | Unsigned Sworn Statement of Geoffrey Miller; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | xx | Describes his role in assisting with interrogations in Iraq, discussions with Pappas, Sanchez and Fast. Adds, "We were laying out the baseline we used at GTMO. I told them that the working dogs were used in GTMO to help the MPs with the custody and control issue and that it was very effective . . . We have never used the dogs for interrogations at GTMO and I did not discuss this with [Abu Ghraib officers] because I did not have this concept." "As for removal of clothing we had received SecDef authority to use the removal of clothing as a technique for about a six-week period between Dec 02 to Jan 03 but that was never done at GTMO. I did not elect to use that technique. That was rescinded." |
| DOD 000642 - 000644 | Sworn Statement of Col, OSJA, MNF-I (senior Legal Advisor to LTG Sanchez); Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/18/2004 | Notes with respect to interrogations that "we didn't begin to formulate a CJTF-7 command policy until after MG Miller's visit. . . . I believe that MG Miller's visit was the genesis for the development and drafting of the CJTF-7 interrogation and counter-resistance policy. . . .We used the DOD cover memorandum [pertaining to GTMO] and modified it as our own. We saw the A/519th document and used it, along with other comparative sources, to develop the CJTF-7 command policy." Describes chronology of interrogation policies, including 14 Sep 2003 and 12 Oct policies, working of Release Board, procedures for ICRC visits and reports. |
| DOD 000645 - 000647 | Memorandum for Record Re Procedure 15 Interview of REDACTED; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 6/9/2004 | Describes development of CJTF-7 Policy to regulate interrogation operations. |
| DOD 000648 - 000651 | Title Redacted (text similar to record listed immediately above); Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | Describes development of CJTF-7 Policy to regulate interrogation operations, describes understanding of Jan 2003 ICRC report as "unconfirmed reports based solely on anecdotes obtained directly from interviews between the ICRC and detainees." | |
| DOD 000652 - 000653 | Sworn Statement of Barbara G. Fast, C2 for CJTF-7; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 5/9/2004 | Describes her own job responsibilities, Miller's visit and GTMO teams at Abu Ghraib. States that did not witness abuse of detainees. |
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| DOD 000654 - 000670 | Statement of MG Barbara G. Fast, taken at Camp Victory, Iraq; Annex to Fay/Jones/Kern Report | 7/20/2004 | |