ISN 246 Request For Witnesses-Document

MEMO FOR RECORD

The Tribunal reviewed the request from Detainee # 's to contact an official in the Bahraini Government Ministry of Internal Affairs, an official in the Council of the Bahraini Royal Family, and Detainee ISN # father in, [[w:Bahrain|Bahrain}}. Detainee ISN # said the request would verify that he attended the university, he went to Afghanistan to study religious theology and that he was not part of any organizations.

You have been requested to schedule a follow-up interview with the detainee to request the name of the university the detainee attended and the dates he attended. Also you should request the detainee identify the full name and addresses or telephone numbers of the officials in the Bahraini Government Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Council of the Bahraini Royal Family that the detainee wishes to contact. The request to contact the officials of the Bahraini Government Ministry of Internal Affairs and the official of the Bahraini Royal Family may be relevant, but without the specific names and addresses of the officials, the officials will be deemed not reasonably available. If the requested officials are identified the State Department will contact the Bahraini Government and inform them of Detainee's # request. The request to contact the detainee's father is relevant, reasonable and approved.