Interrogator No. 1 (by ACLU)

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In bombshell testimony, Interrogator One described a "fictitious story" he told the 15-year-old about an Afghan they sent to prison in America because he was lying. Interrogator One said he told Khadr that "a bunch of big black guys and big Nazis," patriotic and angry about the 9/11 attacks, "noticed the little Muslim" because he "speaks a different language, prays five times a day." He said he told Khadr, "This poor little kid, away from home, kind of isolated," was "in the shower by himself and these four big black guys show up, and say 'we know about you Muslims.' They caught him in the shower and raped him. The kid got hurt and we think he ended up dying."

Interrogator One also explained the approved interrogation techniques he used on Khadr to extract information, including "fear up," "fear up harsh," "fear of incarceration," "pride and ego down," and "love of family." During interrogations, using the "fear up" technique, he flipped a bench to terrify Khadr, "got in his face, screamed at him," and "cussed because I knew he didn't like it." For the "love of family" technique, he threatened Khadr with being "stuck in a cage" and barred from seeing his family again or returning home to Canada if he didn’t provide information.

In 2005, Interrogator One pled guilty to prisoner abuse at Bagram, in connection with the death of a detainee two months after Khadr was transferred to Guantánamo. He was convicted of forcing a detainee to roll around on the ground and kiss interrogators' boots. He also pled guilty to twisting the bottom of a hood around another prisoner’s neck and forcing him to drink a bottle of water, causing him to gag and choke. He was sentenced to five months' imprisonment. It was revealed in Thursday's hearing that he had received this reduced sentence because of a 2006 clemency recommendation by the prosecutors in Khadr’s case, in exchange for his assistance in that case.

Clearly an experienced witness, Interrogator One replied, "I don’t specifically recall" to most of the defense’s questions about abuse he may have inflicted on Khadr. Observing his testimony, I felt that his evasiveness and fading memory probably thwarted a full accounting of Khadr's treatment at Bagram. If so, the military commissions have yet again allowed the government to conceal details of its mistreatment of prisoners from the public.

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/8/864633/-Interrogator-One