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Fay Report Annex: Statement of a Major, 325th Military Intelligence Battalion re: Detainee Interrogations at Abu Ghraib Prison

May 27, 2004 | DOA | ACLU-RDI 739
This sworn statement by a Major was the Commander of the 325th Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (BN), in Iraq that had Abu Ghraib Prison as one of the facilities in his portfolio of responsibility. He stated "In Jun 03. B Co moved to Camp Cropper. Sometime in the late Aug/early Sep 03 time frame, after the General Miller visit, my 97Es staring moving to Abu Ghraib (AG) and were integrated into interrogation Tiger Teams at AG. I visited AG on three occasions." He then stated "I never saw any detainee abuse, nor did anyone ever report it to me, nor did I ever hear of.such abuse. I never saw any unauthorized photographs or videos of detainees, nor did anyone ever report such photos/videos to me, nor did I hear of any such photo or videos. During my visits to AG, I saw detainees dressed to "normal Arab" dress, who were housed in open, wired areas, in tents. I walked through the "hard site" on one occasion on tour. All the detainees I saw were fully clothed either in their personal clothing or prison clothes. I never saw any naked detainee and I never heard of any incidents that detainees were stripped for humiliation purposes. I never saw any military working dogs, nor did I ever hear of dogs being used for interrogation purposes. I was never aware that there were dogs at AG."
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