Army interrogator: Gitmo detainee cooperative

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Army interrogator: Gitmo detainee cooperative
By Andrew O. Selsky - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Feb 12, 2009 5:12:37 EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A veteran military interrogator insisted he never witnessed a British resident now held at Guantanamo being abused and said the suspect cooperated in a terror probe after he was captured, according to an affidavit released Wednesday.

Binyam Mohamed, who is at the center of an effort by Britain to have him freed from Guantanamo, has previously said he was flown by the U.S. to Morocco where he was tortured, arriving three months after being captured in Pakistan in April 2002.

The senior Army interrogator first encountered Mohamed on July 21, 2004, at Bagram Air Base, a U.S. detention center in Afghanistan — after the alleged rendition to Morocco. The interrogator described establishing a friendly relationship with Mohamed, and said the detainee provided detailed descriptions of abandoned terrorist training camps that helped U.S. investigators and identified suspects.

The interrogator’s account is contained in a sworn statement filed in federal court in Washington. The name is redacted. The affidavit was provided to The Associated Press by the military and comes as the U.S. and Mohamed’s legal team dispute what happened to him.

The Bush administration insisted it never engaged in extraordinary rendition, in which suspects are handed over to countries that brutally interrogate prisoners. Mohamed’s civilian and military lawyers say point-blank that he was tortured in Morocco, that the U.S. flew him there and oversaw the interrogations.


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