Group Says FBI Ruse Used at Guantanamo

[Ian David]

Group Says FBI Ruse Used at Guantanamo
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By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon (news - web sites) is investigating new allegations by a civil liberties group that military interrogators at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay posed as FBI (news - web sites) agents while using abusive techniques to question detainees.

The American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) released e-mails that showed FBI officials disapproved of the practice and suggested the military interrogators posed as FBI agents in part to take advantage of the rapport the FBI had established with some detainees at the prison.

The e-mails, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, also describe some harsh interrogation techniques and a suggestion they were approved by President Bush (news - web sites) — a charge the White House vigorously denied.

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