I wanted to take a look at the actual reports that the ACLU had obtained regarding the torture at GITMO.
Its apparent that the FBI was pretty upset about what was going on and that the military was impersonating them to avoid retribution for the abuse.
The military was also trying to undermine the FBI in its interrogation efforts as well.
7/12/04, 8/2/2004 12/15/2004 FBI [OGC] "I am responding to your request for feedback on aggressive treatment and improper interview techniques used on detainees at GTMO. I did observe treatment that was not only aggressive, but personally very upsetting, although I can't say that this treatment was perpetrated by Bureau employees. It seemed that these techniques were being employed by the military, government contract employees and [redacted]." Reply asked for more details. Response: "Here is a brief summary of what I observed at GTMO. On a couple of occasions, I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand a foot in a fetal position to the floor, with no chair, food, or water. Most times they had urinated or defecated on themselves and had been left there for 18 24 hours or more. On one occasion, the air conditioning had been turned down so far and the temperature was so cold in the room, that the barefooted detainee was shaking with cold. . . . On another occasion, the A/C had been turned off, making the temperature in the unventilated room probably well over 100 degrees. The detainee was almost unconscious on the floor with a pile of hair next to him. He had apparently been literally pulling his own hair out throughout the night. . . ."
06/25/2004 12/15/2004 FBI [OGC] "The following information provides initial details from an individual [redacted] who observed serious physical abuses of civilian detainees in [redacted] Iraq during the period of [redacted]. . . . [redacted] observed numerous physical abuse incidents of Iraqi civilian detainees conducted in [redacted] Iraq. He described that such abuses included strangulation, beatings, placement of lit cigarettes into the detainees ear openings, and unauthorized interrogations. [redacted] was providing this information to the FBI based on his knowledge that [redacted] cover-up of these abuses. He stated these cover-up efforts included [redacted] . . . ."
12/05/2003 12/15/2004 FBI [CIRG/ BAU] "Of concern, DOD interrogators impersonating Supervisory Special Agents of the FBI told a detainee that [redacted]. These same interrogation teams then [redacted]. The detainee was also told by this interrogation team [redacted]. These tactics have produced no intelligence of a threat neutralization nature to date and CITF believes that techniques have destroyed any chance of prosecuting this detainee. If this detainee is ever released or his story made public in any way, DOD interrogators will not be held accountable because these torture techniques were done the "FBI" interrogators. The FBI will be left holding the bag before the public."
05/13/2004 12/15/2004 FBI [CIRG/ BAU] "After we got off the phone, I found the attached email which we sent to General Miller last year. Also, there is a copy of the military's use of approved coercive techniques which are quite different I am sure from the Bureau guidelines you are preparing."
05/06/2004 12/15/2004 FBI [Referrals from DOJ, Criminal Division] "In late 2002 and continuing into mid-2003, the Behavioral Analysis Unit raised concerns over interrogation tactics being employed by the U.S. military. As a result an EC dated 5/30/03, was generated summarizing the FBI's continued objections to the use of [redacted] techniques to interrogate prisoners. This EC is attached and includes a collection of military documents discussing and authorizing the techniques. We are not aware of the FBI participating directly in any [redacted] interrogations. It should be noted that FBI concerns and objections were documented and presented to Major General Geoffrey Miller...Search of Iraq interviews identified one instance a woman indicated she was hit with a stick and she wanted to talk only to German officials." States that on rare occasions, FBI personnel saw documentation of techniques noted in interviews by Military personnel.
07/13/2004 12/15/2004 FBI [CIRG/ BAU Wkbook, Vol. 1 "On several occasions, I did hear loud music being played and people yelling loudly from behind closed doors of interview rooms but I could not say that detainees were present in those rooms. I also observed strobe lights in interview rooms on several occasions but never observed these being used on detainees." "There were many comments made by investigators during my tenure at GTMO that every time the FBI established a rapport with a detainee, the military would step in and the detainee would stop being cooperative. The military... routinely took control of the detainee when the interview was completed. The next time that detainee was interviewed, his level of cooperation was diminished."
12/15/2004 FBI [CIRG/ BAU Wkbook, Vol. 1 "DoD Interrogation Tactics: BAU personnel witnessed sleep deprivation [redacted] and utilization of loud music/bright lights/growling dogs in the Detainee interview process by DOD representatives. These tactics were brought to the attention of the appropriate DoD legal personnel who requested that BAU members write out "statements" concerning these matters."
11/25/2003 12/15/2004 FBI/[CTD/MLDU] Memorandum to document information concerning the impersonation by DOD interrogators at GTMO who represented themselves as officials of the FBI in conjunction with interrogation techniques not endorsed by the FBI. Originally drafted in Nov 2003, when content was briefed to CTD Exec Management, AGC [redacted], DOJ David Nahmias. OGC Valerie Caproni was provided with electronic copy 5/7/04."DIA has never advised the FBI that they were impersonating an FBI agent as part of their interrogation plan with [redacted]."
07/30/2004 12/15/2004 FBI [OGC] Describes Defense Department interrogation witnessed by FBI personnel. "I saw [a] detainee sitting on the floor of the interview room with an Israeli flag draped around him, loud music being played and a strobe light flashing. I left the monitoring room immediately after seeing this activity. I did not see any other persons inside the interview room with the Israeli flag draped detainee, but suspect that this was a practice used by DOD DHS . . ." "Approximately one or two days later, DHS tactics were discussed at a weekly held CITF staff meeting Many of the CITF investigators discussed how some of the DHS tactics had been counterproductive in building rapport with detainees."
05/22/2002 12/15/2004 FBI [OGC] [redacted] stated that he had been beaten unconscious approximately three or four weeks ago when he was still at Camp X-Ray. According to [redacted], an unknown number of guards entered his cell, unprovoked, and started spitting and curing at him. . . . [redacted] rolled onto his stomach to protect himself, [redacted] state a soldier named [redacted] jumped on his back and started beating him in the face [redacted] then choked him until he passed out. [redacted] stated that [redacted] was beating him because [redacted] was a Muslim . . . ."
