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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 EXHIBIT(S) (157) IA: TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS DISCOVERED DURING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CASE FILE/24APR08...(COPY ALL) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. (S/NF) 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). V/AL ZAHRANI WAS FOUND HANGING BY THE NECK INSIDE HIS CELL, IN ALPHA BLOCK, CAMP DELTA, BY JOINT DETENTION GROUP (JDG) PERSONNEL. SUBSEQUENTLY, JDG PERSONNEL DISCOVERED V/AL TABI AND V/AHMED ALSO HANGING BY THEIR NECKS INSIDE THEIR CELLS, IN ALPHA BLOCK. ALL THREE VICTIMS WERE TAKEN DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION (DET) CLINIC, INSIDE CAMP DELTA. V/AL ZAHRANI WAS LATER TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA (NAVHOSP GTMO). V/AL ZAHRANI WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT NAVHOSP GTMO. V/AL TABI AND V/AHMED WERE BOTH PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE DET CLINIC. 2. (S/NF) CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE JDG COMMANDER TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION. ALL THREE BODIES WERE MOVED PRIOR T0 NCIS ARRIVAL ON SCENE. THE DEATH SCENES WERE SECURED. ALL DETAINEES WERE REMOVED FROM ALPHA BLOCK AND THE ENTIRE BLOCK WAS SECURED. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH ALL JTF-GTMO PERSONNEL WHO HAD ANY DEALINGS WITH THE RESPONSE AND TREATMENT OF THE THREE DETAINEES. APPARENT SUICIDE NOTES WERE DISCOVERED IN THE CLOTHING OF ALL THREE VICTIMS. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH ALL DETAINEES ASSIGNED TO ALPHA BLOCK; HOWEVER, NONE OF THE INTERVIEWEES PROVIDED ANY SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION. DEATH SCENE EXAMINATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AT EACH OF THE THREE CELLS WHERE THE VICTIMS WERE FOUND HANGING. ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY (AFIP) PERSONNEL CONDUCTED AUTOPSIES ON ALL THREE VICTIM5 AT NAVHOSP GTMO. FINAL AUTOPSY REPORTS SUBMITTED BY AFIP LISTED THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR ALL THREE VICTIM5 TO BE HANGING AND THE MANNER OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS SUICIDE. LATENT PRINT ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO US ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION LABORATORY (USACIL) DETERMINED V/AHMED AND V/AL ZAHRANI'S LATENT FINGERPRINTS WERE CONTAINED ON THEIR APPARENT SUICIDE NOTES FOUND WITHIN OTHER DETAINEE'S CELLS. USACIL FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE FOR INDENTED HANDWRITING IMPRESSIONS ONLY FOUND 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. THE "FILTER LITIGATION TEAM" REVIEWED DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SEIZED AS EVIDENCE; HOWEVER, ONLY  SECRET/NOFORN  PAGE 2 OF 4