A draft manuscript obtained by the Associated Press is classified as secret pending a Pentagon review for a planned book that details ways the U.
Erik R. Saar, 29, told AP. Saar, who is neither Muslim nor of Arab descent, worked as an Arabic translator at the U. At the time, it was under the command of Maj. Geoffrey Miller, who had a mandate to get better intelligence from prisoners, including alleged al-Qaida members caught in Afghanistan. Saar said he witnessed about 20 interrogations and about three months after his arrival at the remote U.
In another case, Saar describes a female military interrogator questioning an uncooperative year-old Saudi detainee who allegedly had taken flying lessons in Arizona before the Sept. Suspected Sept. When it became visible the detainee saw what appeared to be red blood on her hand. That session was immediately ended by a supervisor and that interrogator received a written reprimand and additional training, the military said.
She was verbally reprimanded, the military said. FBI criticized sexual tactics Sexual tactics used by female interrogators have been criticized by the FBI, which complained in a letter obtained by AP last month that U.
About 20 percent of the guards at Guantanamo are women, said Lt. James Marshall, a spokesman for U. Southern Command. But some officials at the U. Southern Command summary of videotapes shot when the teams were used. The summary warned that anyone outside Department of Defense channels should be prepared to address allegations that women were used intentionally with Muslim men. After leaving the Army with more than four years service, Saar worked as a contractor briefly for the FBI.
