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 U.S. NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE  SECRET/NOFORN  10JUN06-MPGT-0031-7HNA SUBJ: V/AL ZAHRANI, YASSER TALAL/CIV U. S. NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. (S/NF) THIS INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED ON 10JUN06, SUBSEQUENT TO THE RECEIPT OF INFORMATION FROM THE JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA (JTF-GTMO) STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE (SJA) OF THE DEATH OF THREE DETAINEES, WITHIN JTF-GTMO CAMP DELTA. THE THREE DETAINEES WERE IDENTIFIED AS V/AL ZAHRANI (ISN 093), V/AL TABI (ISN 588), AND V/AHMED (ISN 693). ON 10JUN06, AT APPROXIMATLEYAPPROXIMATELY [sic] 0039 HOURS, V/AL ZAHRANI WAS FOUND HANGING BY THE NECK INSIDE HTS CELL, IN ALPHA BLOCK, CAMP DELTA, BY JOINT DETENTION GROUP (JDG) PERSONNEL. WITHIN MINUTES, JDG PERSONNEL ALSO DISCOVERED V/AL TABI AND V/AHMED HANGING BY THEIR NECKS INSIDE THEIR CELLS. ALL THREE VICTIMS WERE TAKEN DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION (DET) MEDICAL CLINIC, INSIDE CAMP DELTA. V/AL ZAHRANI WAS LATER TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO TEE NAVAL HOSPITAL, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA (NAVHOSP GTMO) WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. V/AL TABI AND V/AHMED WERE BOTH PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE DET MEDICAL CLINIC. 2. (S/NF) SUBSEQUENT TO RECEIPT OF THE DEATH NOTIFICATION MADE BY THE JTF-GTMO SJA, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE JDG COMMANDER TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND COORDINATE NCIS' RESPONSE. THE DEATH SCENES WERE SECURED. ADDITIONALLY, ALL DETAINEES WERE REMOVED FROM ALPHA BLOCK AND THE ENTIRE BLOCK WAS SECURED. THE BODIES OF ALL THREE VICTIMS WERE MOVED PRIOR TO NCIS' ARRIVAL ON SCENE. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH ALL JTF-GTMO PERSONNEL WHO HAD ANY DEALINGS WITH THE RESPONSE AND TREATMENT OF THE THREE VICTIMS. APPARENT SUICIDE NOTES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE CLOTHING OF ALL THREE VICTIMS. ALL DETAINEES ASSIGNED TO ALPHA BLOCK WERE INTERVIEWED; HOWEVER, NONE PROVIDED ANY SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION. DEATH SCENE EXAMINATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AT EACH OF THE THREE CELLS WHERE THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND HANGING. PERSONNEL FROM THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY (AFIP) CONDUCTED AUTOPSIES ON ALL THREE VICTIMS AT NAVHOSP GTMO. AFIP DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR ALL THREE VICTIMS WAS HANGING AND THE MANNER OF DEATH WAS SUICIDE. LATENT PRINT ANALYSIS OE EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION LABORATORY (USACIL) REVEALED V/AHMED'S AND V/AL ZAHRANI'S LATENT FINGERPRINTS WERE CONTAINED ON THE APPARENT SUICIDE NOTES. USACIL FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE FOR INDENTED HANDWRITING IMPRESSIONS LOCATED IMPRESSIONS, IN THE FORM OF DRAWINGS, ON ONE OF THE ITEMS OF EVIDENCE SUBMITTED. NO OTHER IMPRESSIONS OF VALUE WERE NOTED ON ANY OF THE OTHER SUBMITTED ITEMS. BY DIRECTION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, A FILTER LITIGATION TEAM (FLT) WAS ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW ALL DOCUMENTS SEIZED FROM DETAINEE'S CELLS DURING THE INVESTIGATION FOR RELEVANCE TO THE INVESTIGTAIONINVESTIGATION [sic] AND TO IDENTIFY ATTORNEY—CLIENT PRIVELEGEDPRIVILEGED [sic] INFORMATION. THE FLT SECRET/NOFORN PAGE 2 OF 3