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Fay Report Annex: DOD Interview of Navy Dog Handler re: Conditions at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility

June 4, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 817
Interviewee was a Navy Dog Handler (Team Leader) assigned to AG either November 20 or 21, 2003 until April 2, 2004. Recalled that on November 24, 2003 there was a riot in AG, recalled the scene in the Hard Site as chaotic, recalled that cells were unlocked and dogs would enter to search for explosives while detainees were handcuffed to their cell door or their bed. He/she remembered fearing a detainee might be bitten by the dogs. Stated that he/she requested the detainees be un-cuffed before the dogs entered and that he/she would stand in between the detainee and the dog. Recalled being called to Tier 1B and realizing after the fact that it was for the purpose of threatening/intimidating a detainee. Noted that subsequent requests for dogs to the Hard Site for interrogation purposes were not fulfilled.
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