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FBI concerns about interrogations ignored

politicalgateway.com
May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- FBI reports about alleged abuses at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other U.S. military sites were ignored by Bush administration leaders, a federal audit said. A U.S. Justice Department report concluded tactics agents considered ineffective and possibly illegal remained in...

                   

FBI concerns about interrogations ignored

upi.com
May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- FBI reports about alleged abuses at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other U.S. military sites were ignored by Bush administration leaders, a federal audit said. A U.S. Justice Department report concluded tactics agents considered ineffective and possibly illegal remained in...

                   

FBI agent backs Habib abuse claim

news.com.au
May 21, 2008
        

AN FBI agent watched former Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib repeatedly vomit during a marathon interrogation session at Guantanamo Bay in 2004, according to a long-awaited US Justice Department report released yesterday. The agent said Mr Habib, a former Sydney taxi driver held at the US...

                   

US Report: FBI Complained About CIA Interrogation Tactics

turkishweekly.net
May 21, 2008
        

US Report: FBI Complained About CIA Interrogation Tactics Wednesday , 21 May 2008 A U.S. Justice Department report says Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raised concerns about controversial interrogation techniques other U.S. agencies used on terror suspects. The report, .....

                   

Report details dissent on Guantánamo interrogations

iht.com
May 21, 2008
        

In 2002, as evidence of prisoner mistreatment at Guantánamo Bay began to mount, FBI agents at the base created a "war crimes file" to document accusations against U.S. military personnel, but they were eventually ordered to close down the file, a Justice Department report disclosed. The report,...

                   

Audit: FBI warnings on torture unheeded

journalgazette.net
May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON – CIA and military interrogators bucked repeated warnings from the FBI that methods used to question terrorist suspects were in some cases “borderline torture” and potentially illegal, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog reported Tuesday.

                   

FBI agents objected to interrogation tactics

usatoday.com
May 21, 2008
        

WASHINGTON — FBI agents assigned to interview key terrorism suspects repeatedly objected to harsh — and possibly illegal — interrogation tactics used by other U.S. officials two years before abuse of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison became public in 2004, a Justice Department review found....

                   

FBI watched Guantanamo abuse - report 21 May 2008

legitgov.org
May 21, 2008
        

An FBI agent watched Australian prisoner [former Sydney taxi driver] Mamdouh Habib repeatedly vomit during a marathon interrogation session at Guantanamo Bay in 2004, according to a long-awaited US Justice Department report released today. Details about Mr Habib's confinement at Guantanamo,...

                   

Report: CIA Pushed Torture Envelope

legitgov.org
May 21, 2008
        

Justice Department Says FBI Warned Spy Agency, Military, That Their Tactics Were "Borderline Torture". CIA and military interrogators bucked repeated warnings from the FBI that methods used to question terror suspects were in some cases "borderline torture" and potentially illegal, the Justice...

                   

Excerpts from Justice terror interrogations audit (AP)

legitgov.org
May 21, 2008
        

Excerpts from the Justice Department audit of terror interrogations at overseas military bases. 'The range of permissible DOD (Defense Department) techniques was expanded after the September 11 attacks and was modified over time. These military policies permitted techniques that were inconsistent...