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tmILd CIV,OASD-PAFriday,March 31 ,2 006 6:42 PMRuff, Eric, SES . OSDRE: Inside the W ire - GITMOt hat ' s why he didn ' t copy me . . . he was respondi ng direct l y to your e ~ to paul . so i tprobably didn' t occur to him t o copy me . . . . s i nce you d i dn " t I see ? : )-----Original Message----From: Ruff , Er ic , SBS, OSDSent : Friday, March 31 , 2 006 5 :0 5 PMTo: tUUM CIV, OASD-Sub jec t: FW : I ns id e th e W re - GITMOper our conversat io n .

bH6-- ---Original Message---- From: Gordon Cucu l l u i d Sent: Tues aay , Ma r ch 28 , 2 006 12 :1 9 PMTo: Ruff , Eric , SES, OSD ; 'P aul Va l l ely ', Cc : 'Gor don Cucul lu 'SUbj ec t : RE: Inside the Wre -Er i c , I was i n DC l a s t December and in t erv iewed Doug Pe i th , Vince Brooks , Max Waxman ,Steve Rodrigue%., and Tom Hemm i ngway . Waxman , Brooks . and Hem lingway were fo r at t r ibution ;Fe i th wants to see anyth i ng we do and clear 1t f i r s t , and Steve was background.We coul d certa inly use more background , non - a t t r i but ion s tuff , part icu la r ly as i t perta insto 1 ) capture data on th e deta inees , 2 ) th e ' checkl i s t ' or cr i ter ia that were used todete rmin e Who go t sent t o GTMO and who got t urned ~ to t he Northern Al liance , 31s tor ies of re leased deta i nees , 4 ) storie s of rec id i vi s t s , and 4) s tories of thoseco ns idered to be th e ' vor se of the worst . IA so we may need another fo l low on mee t ing with Tom Hemmingwl\Y to discuss th e habeasl awyer s , especia l ly now that the military commissions are underway .I 'm planni ng to be i n W sh Thur s and Pr i this week . I have a presentat ion on North Koreaa t noon on the HU I but cO\ll d meet wit h anyone prior to or .afterwards. if you th ink itIn . ke e sense, Other>iillc we can pi ck dif ferent dates.Best , Gordon Cucu l luOn Mon . 27 Mar 2 006 17: 5 2 : 2 0 050 0 , Ruff , Eric , SES , OSD wrote> thanks fo r t he info , paul . great news about th e book . are t he que st ions> you are pos in g quest ions you w11l answer as au thors? and i f so, do> you want to tall and not for pub l ica t i on . - for th e i r views on thes e quest ions , and> thus he lp you get y o u ~ h o g h t ~ fo rmulated? thanks , e r ic>>""" From: Paul va l le ly (ma. l l t o :pa ul va. l le I Yfi"i ft:tltr=i ll " Sent : Monday, March 27 , 2 006 .: 2 2" To: ' Ruff , Brie . SES, OASP-PA'> Cc: ' Gordon Cucul lu '> Sub jec t : Ins i de th e W re - GITHO

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Read Gordon 's column The Right Approach' weekly and sign up for a free e-subscrip t ion .Review a section of his hot new book on North Korea , separated a t Birth : How North Koreabecame t he Evil Twin. For a l l this and more l og on the web Site www .colonelgordon.com.

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JedBabbln@[fi)f{3WTuesday. March 28. 2006 5:43 PMRuff, Eric, SES. OSDCancel

. Hugh's schedule was just rearranged .Wil l not be hosting for him tomorrow. Thanks. " IIpester youguys again when I'm next on. Best, Jed .Jed Babbin(b)(2)

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JedBabbindl l i_Tuesday, March 28. 20064:56PMRuff. Eric. SES . OSDTomorrow

Eric: Any chance of getting one of the big dogsto talk about the Iraq updatetomorrow? I'mguessingthemosque shoot-em-up story hasdisappeared , and if so Idon't want to revive it. But something onhowwe're doingwould bevery good. Please letme know. The HughHewitt Show, 6-9 EST, SalemRadio Network (100+ cities, nationwide). J'II be hostingtomorrow.Manythanks. Best, J,ed.Jed Babbin(b)(6)

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pa I Val!ely l p a u l v a U e l y @ t r r .i f Monday, March 27, 2006 8:11 PMRuff. Eric, SES. OSD'Gordon Cucu \\u'RE: Ins ide the Wire - GITMO

Yes . W need to answer t hose as the authors ' based on good in t e rv iews , e t c .Putt ing a f.ace on t he det a inee s and terror is essent ia l that i s why we need as much on t he20 deta i nee s tor ies that we CAn get And more than i s a l ready in t he pub l i c arena andpUbl ic knoW ledge or tha t has been re leased to the .p r e s s 8 0 far . Hop ing th e JTF Gi t 0 wi l lp rovide us wi t h tha t info thAt i s not c lassif ied . I f you ca n aaaigt in any way on the 20deta i le d de t a inee s to r ies . that would be great , The next sol id p iece for th e bo ok then i swha t did we get fro m them i nte l l wis e that he lped us i n the GWOT. , . . . . ,Need for i ntervi ews on ba ckground , yes ~ sure. All of a Budden t he boo kmarket in 'NY io for th i s book W need to knock t heir soc ks o ff l ! ! l lFox News ChannelPaul E VallelyMil i tary Anal ystpa ulv 1 1te l :fa x :mob i l

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- - - - -or i g1na l Message- - -- -Fr om: Ru ff , Eric , SES , OSD o ; i u f f ~ f Sent : Monday. Mar ch 27 , 2006 3 :5 2 PMTo : ' Pau l Va l l e ly 'cc : ' Gor don cucu l l u 'Subje c t : RE: Ins ide t he W r e - GITMOthanks fo r t he i n f o. paUl . great news about th e boole. are t he gues t ionsyou a re posing ques tions you wi l l answer a s 'au thors? and i f 90 , do youwant t o t a l k to same fo l ks on background . your in f ormat i on on ly and not fo r pub l ic a t io n. - fp r t he i r views on t hese q u e s t o and thus he lp you get you r thoughts f ormUlat ed ?thAnKS, er1c

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MEMORANDUM reKen Allard's req...

amm crv,OASD-PAMonday, March 27. 20067:12PMRuff. Eric, SES, OSOFW: ken allardMEMORANDUM re Ken Allard 's request .doc

hi. hereIs the memowith ken's requestandmyproposed response . / .will Incorporate larry'ssuggestions . kenis writing abook called "war heads " abcur the stralegyand planning, etc. including Ihe p.r. effort surrounding thewar.thanksmFrom:sent:To:Cc:Subject:

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I havent seenanythIngfromken socan I please seehis Inquiryaswell? what is heplanning todowiththe infoandwhyIsheasking? thanks. "From: OlRita, Larry crv, 050Sent: Mon'March27, 20065:24 PMTo:Mbnr CIV, OASOPA; OfRIta , Larry, crv, OSDCc:Barber Allison, av, OASD-PA; RUff, Erlc, SES, OSOSubject: RE: kenaI/arc!1. please dont make It a "SeeDer ' program. but a 000 program .Let ericr. look at It andlet's decide it. It looks basicallyokayto me.t'd like toemphas ize if thereIs away 10do so thatwe have tried to Includeasmanyanalysts aspossible. some of theinteractions involve several, some onlya few. Emphas ize aswell thatweoftenbring them Into the d e p a r t m e n ~ foradayof briefings andinteractions including thesecretary. andtry10quantfy thoseasdistinct from thecalls.Tnx...

--orfglnllfrom: r r : m i ~ ' ' ' ' ' ' : l I r i . - e OASOPA Cm4UtJsent: FrldiIy, Mard'l 21, 20065:01PMTo: 01 RItlI, Larry. eN, OSOec: 8alt>er, AMscn, av,OASOPASUbJect: RE: kill Illardhere it Is. you sent it forward on tuesday tomr. smithandallisonaskingthem to look at it andthinkaboutIt beforep r o c e e d ~ thanksaD File: MEMORANDUM reKenAllard's request.doc

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MEMORA DUMTo: LarryDi RitaFrom:Through: AllisonBarberDate: March 20, 2006

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RE: Colonel KenAllard's requestBelow is an overview ofour outreach program toRetiredMilitaryAnalysts forKenAllard' s book. For your review, I've precededthe overview with hiscommentsto meclarifying exactlywhat he is looking for. Pleaselet meknowif you are satisfiedwith theproposed response.KeD Allard's Request:Pleasetellthem that it neednot be comprehensive.......timely is a lot more important.Wha t Pm really interested in:1. Whenthe programbegan.2.Keybriefings fromOSD's point ofview.3. Someestimateof howmany meetings, briefings et a) took place ( ie, once aweek/twice amonth from2003, for example?) That obviously cannot be a perfec t numbersoa reasonable SWAGis fine. I think it's significan t that you guys haveput a lotofworkinto this, includini trips , and that's what1want to show;KenProposed Response:TheSecretaryof Defenseoutreach program to retiredmilitaryanalysts started inOctober2002with a roundtablemeeting.Since then, there have beenmore than 80 conference calls (al the least one per month.sometimes as oftenas weekly) and 16 roundtablemeetings with senior DoDofficials inthe Pentagon. Topics covered rangefrom the work up to thewar to operations in theglobalwar on terror, includingIraq and Afghanistan. to BRAe. Operationsat theGuantanamo Detention Facility, Veterans Healthcare and the DoD budget. Additionally.the analystshave participated in fourDolz-coordinated trips to Iraq and threeDoDcoordinated trips to Guantanamo Bay. Cuba.

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J e d B a b b i n ~ m m J Wt_Marchr1i6 12:24PMCol, OCJCS/PARuff, Eric, SES, OSOQuestlon and Interview Request

rmmJILong timeno talk. Hope all is wellwithyouI'm subbing for HughHewitt today (6-9EST,SalemRadioNetwork, natlcnauv-croadcast to over 100cities). Any chance I can get Gen. Conway to talkabout the action yesterday in theSadrmosque? Ithink, given thecoverage, that weneedto get someone who can talk about the fact thatwedidn'tsendanyoneinto any mosqueand blast the notion we're destroying Islamic sites. Anything in thosehours, ten-twelve minutes is all we need. Pis call. Best, Jed.

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From: 'Sent:To:Subject:J e d B a b b ~ @ r m l l 5 WMonday,'March 27, 2006 12:20 PMRuff, Eric, SES, osoRe: Change in plan

Haven't. Will do now; tha nks,(b)(2)

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J e d B a b b m Monday, March 27, 20067:47AMt m t i t 4 5 p l v a l l e nashct@i!fi1;C_ Glenstrae77@.. B U R M 4 1 5 1 6 : R ~ CIV, OASD-PA; WSSnter@ao l.com ;robertllscales@il 5jJa llIegal lmmigration Taday'sSpectator

All this talk about illegal immigration bas to come down to fencing the border and pressuring Mexico. Neitherofwhich we're doing. "The American Spectator

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- - - - - - - - - - - -rom:Sent:To:SubJect : JedBabbln@ItJ5tlawSunday, March 26, 2006 9:54 PMRuff, Eric.SES, 050Change in planEric: Soundslike, from the overseas reports , it's importantto get out the idea that wedidn't attack orenteramosque. Instead of Cucolo, is someone such asConway available?AliazeeraNetManykilled in Baghdad mosqueclashHughHewittShow,SalemRadio Network, 69 PMMonday, 27March, nationally-broadcast (www.hughhewitt.com). Let's talk tomorrow. Best, Jed,Jed Babbin(b)(2)

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JedBabbin@{G)!lJ_Saturday . March25 . 20064 :35PMRuff. Eric. SES. eSDRe: CucoloEric: Many thanks. will do. Best, Jed.Jed Babbin(b)(2)

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JedBabbin@ji\fldr i d ~ y March 24, 2006 7:22 PMRUff Eric. SES. OSDdewey.ford@ iraq .eentcom .mllCuco lo

Eric: Please remember to get me the contact info on Gen. Cucolo's PAD. He'd be a great guest forHewitt on Monday. Many thanks. Best Jed.Jed Babbin(b)(2)

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mit TSgt, OASD-PAFriday, March 24, 2006 1:5 AMRUff, Eric, SES. OSDl at 1050. Substitute for Hewitt on Monday and wanted to talk.

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JedBabbln@Ji1JlMIr I ~ ~ . March23; 2006 1:46 PMa iRuff, Eric. SES. OSDRe: rUJ MNP.IPress Conference

rmIm I'm subbing for Hewitt again on Monday. W take a shot at getting Chiare lli or Casey again? Best,Jed .' . . Jed Babbin(b)(2)

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mm CIV, OASDPAWednesday, March 22, 2006 9:33 PMLawrence. Dallas, OASDPAFw:'Tom Sullivans article.

Message -- - - -.......LTC USSOUTHCOM JTFGTMOCIV, OASDPA18:28 :16 2006Sul l ivan 's ar t ic le .Super i dea , i f i t comes out in t he next week I be lieve we can s t ra tegical l y pl ace i t i nth e Ea r l y Bi r d - le t me know.Bel ieve an analyst t r i p would be great i n the May /June r give th e new commanderof the JTF, RMDL Harris (Mar ch 31) . time t o assimi late his considerab le newrespons ibi l i t i e s. Some thoughts on your vis i t agenda :Bel ieve t he impac t of th e OARDEC process has been under r epo r t ed . Commissions aside , 290de t aine es have been transfe r re d to thei r coun tr y o f or ig in or outr ight r e leased throught he CSRT/ARB process - t hi s i s unprecedented i n an ongoing war . Another 130 deta i neeshave bee n recommended by the ARB pr oc es s f or re lease or t r ansfer and wi l l probably oc curth i s year. We currently have approX imate l y 490 deta inees i n custody at th e JTF. Look atth e numbers when ano t her 130 de ta inees are re leased . The 'POTUS and th e SECDEF have a lwayas t a ted that we don't wi sh t o hold a deta inee any l onger than he ' s a threat to th e 0.5 . orare no l onger of in t e l l ige nce va lu e . The annual ARB process va l i dates that s t at ement .The media often negativel y focuse s on th e commiss i ons process , c i t i n g that Qnl y 10de t a inees have been charged to da te and t he r es t a r e l angu i s hi ng a t GTMO . The ARB proce s sthat has re leased near ly 300 detainees turns ' t hat m s inf orma t i on / de c ep t i on on i t ' s head tBel ieve that the mi l i tary analys ts could also vis i t Camp 6 which wi l l be completed inAugust. Thi s 30M p lu s f ac i l i t y is state -o f -the -a r t , i nclude s medical and denta lfaci l i t ie s . recreat ion yards. etc .. wi l l have le ss e sc or t requirment s , etc . allows th e JTFto signi f icant ly reduce the Trooper f ootpr i nt . Camp 6 i s not about expans io n i t ' s aboutimprOVi ng our process 'and procedures and the qual i ty of life for deta inee s . Eventual lyCamps 1 - ) wi l l close .Why would the American people expend such r esour ces and r equire such s acr i f i ce from th eyoung men and women who s e rve here i n t his chal leng in g environment? Because we run aprofessiona l camp . se r i ou s about our mi ss io n o f safe . humane, ca r e and custody of th edangerous men i n our charge - a true ref lect ion of our American and service values .We 'v e a ls o sig ni f icant ly upgraded ou r medical faci l i t ies since the l a s t analyst vis i t .The population heal th i ni t i a t i ves Offered to detainees r ival thos e provided i n t he U.S .Example : ~ offe re d colonscopies to our detainee population over 50 recent l y . 90'accepted , and there are ot her health i ni t i a t ives for the deta inees that would ul t imate lyre inforce with t he American people our committment to our nations values.The o ther exci ting piece ia th e stra tegic in te l lig ence that ' s be in g gathered i n support ofth e gl obal war on terror ism. The media and habeas attorneys c i te th e fact that th edetainees here no longer p rovide valuable in te l due t o prolonged detent ion . That's~ b s o l u t e l falsel ! A targeted i nt el brief for mi l i tary analyst on the valuable stra tegicl n t ~ l l i g 7 n c ~ cu rrent ly produced at GTMO would prove very valuable aa an extra tool inthel r br lef lng ki t bags .Just my 2 cents worth,rem ;.)

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Take care ,JM- - ---orj gi na l Message- - - - -Fr om: tlll. .inft'ilai'iiiiliiiiii CIV , OASD - PA [ma11 toSent : Wednesday , March 22 , 2006 5 :35 PHTo : ij5fl:1 LTC USSOUTRCOM JTFGTMOSubject : RE: Tom Sull ivan 's .a r t i c l e .hi tmmJIIno , i bel ieve he i s wr i t ing a whole story and wanted dana ' s t houghts on t he originalar t i cle to give him some fuel . . . .while we're on the subject . . . we're thinking of another ana lyst t r ip down there . we 'd l i keto focus more on the commi s s i ons process , where we are , how it's going , e tc . rather thanhow we t reat them, what their housing i s l ike , etc. do you suppose we could do thisrelat ive ly soon??th e next couple of weeks?? le t me know what would make sense for you folks down there a n 1 ; 11 run th e traps on th i s end .thanks . . . hope you 're wel l ,rr.M- - - - -oriFrom: [ma i l t o : Sent : n d a To : rUlS Subj ec t : RE : TomrmmD

USSOUTHCOM JTFGTMOMarch 22 , 2006 4 : 49 PMClV , OASD-PASul l ivan 'S a rt iC le .

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a l l , forwarded from a mil analys t , fyi . i 've also p aste d th e ar t ic le he references a t th ebO t tom of t h i s email.thanksrm- - - - -Ori gina l Message- -- -From: Di l lo n , . Dana [mai l to :dana .di l lonSent : Wednesday , March 22 , 2006 4:00 PMTo : ,,!\fh l crv. OASD -PASub ject : FW : Tom Sul l ivan 's ar t ic le .fyl- - - - -Or i ginal Mes s a g e - - - - -From: c r lmmlnl!, Jerry [mai l t o :JCR IMM :J:NSPJi 'l!!lm'lb.:nlSen t : Wednesday , March 22, 2006 10 :29 AMTo : Di l lo n , DanaSubject : RE : Tom Sul l ivan's a r t icle .Dana ,

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Or do ' I c a l l you Ma j or ?Thanks for you r very c l ear responses . CAn ' t th ink of anyth ing ext ra to ask you r ightnow. I sh oul d s t a r t wr i t ing t his tomOrrow . I f I encoun te r another ques t 10n . I hope I cana you agAin.Have had to quest ion abou t 20 people chi s week and l a s t on both s i des. My publ i s herwants a tho r ough s t ory.Few can ge t to t he poi nt as fa s t a s you .J e r ry Cr i lllinsChicago DA i l y Law Bu l l e t in312-644 -4535

- -- - Or i gina l Message - - - - -Frolll : Di l lo n , Dana d a n a i en t : Wednesday , Ma r ch 22, 2006 8 : 47 AMTo : Cri mm i ns , J e r rySub j ec t : re : Tom Sul l ivan ' s ar t i c le .

J e r ry,You can ca l l me a lmost any t ime today a t (202 ) 608-6133 .A few comments .

I be l ieve t he v ery f i rs t sentence of Sul l i van ' s a r t ic le i s i n co r r e c t . I t i s t hepo l icy of the Interna t iona l Committe e of th e Red Cross t o not pub l i s h i ts find ings or makethem ava i lable to t he pu b l ic .I bel ieve t ha t t he ~ m u to t or ture s t a tement came Crom a uni t ed Nat ions group tha td id not v i s i t GITHO. The r es t o f that pa ragraph i s equal ly mis le ad i ng. Firs t , t he re wereabout 800 pr i sone r-s that have s t ayed a t GrrHO a t one time or anothe r and t he currentnumbe r i s approximately 400 . Thi s i nformat i on i s on t he 000 webs i t e a nd easilyobtainable . 1 don ' t know what v i r t ua l so l i ta ry conf i nement " means to Mr. Sul l ivan . Hisown ar t i cl e d i s cu sse s p r i s oner s t alking to ot her pr i sone r s and exerci s i ng i n a yard withother pr isoners . It he me an s t he y don 't have ce l l ma t es, t hen ye s , each of t he ce l ls wasf or one pe rson . The la s t senc ence of the pa ragra ph i s t he f i r s t one t ha t i s fa c tua l lycorrec t .Paragraph 2 : yes some, maybe many , p r i s one r s a re repeated l y i nt e r ro rg a t ed . Thein t e r roga to rS have t o che ck fa c ts and then come up wi th a new l i s t o f quest ions to as k .

The re i s frequent l y weeks and months be tween in te rroga t ion s . I witnessed threei n t e r r o ga t i ons . The r e were no dogs , no i mproper u l e o f forc e and one pr isoner was eatingdoughnuts dur i ng the i nt e r r o rg at ion.Paragraph 5 : I hav e limited pe rsona l experience wi th prisons , I toured th ed i sc iplina ry barracks a t For t Leavenwor th , Kansas and my dut ie s as an army off icer took llIeto the mi l i t a ry prison in Mannheim , Germany seve ra l t imes , a nd once I v i s i ted a c i t y locltup in Xearney , Neb r a ska . BAsed on t hat exper ienc e , t he pr ison ce l l s a t GITHO werecomparable in s ize a nd ava i lab i l ity of ameni t ie s t o any other pr ison cel l I ' ve t een . I t 18no t CLUB -CUBA - i t i s a pr i son . Yes, the r e was a ma t t re s s ava i l ab l e to sleep on , and ato i le t and a s i nk . I also sleep on a mat t r e s s a t home.Mr. Sul l iv an i s inc or rec t about the r ain comin g in . The ce l l s are protected fromr a i n . I t was pouri ng ra i n when I v is i t eO the cells and I d id not get rained 'o n whi lein t he p ris on area . i n fac t the group I was with wa s re luctant t o leave th e cel l areabecause we had to r un t h ru the ra i n to ge t t o the busses . The only peop le t hat got wetf rom t he ra i n . wer e th e group I was With , one p r i sone r tha t WAS be ing t r ans fe rred from

i n t e r r o g a t i o n t o his ce l l , and t he gua rds . The ce l l s were not a i r condit ioned a nd i t doesget ho t i n Cuba , but the ce l l s were shad ed a nd open t o the sea br e e ze.I do not r eca l l see i ng undula t ing hor i 20nta l bars and whe n I spoke wi t h a pr i s ondo ctor he did not ment ion t ha t t he r e was any unusual or exceptiona l eye damage topr isone r s . Ye s , the pr ison e x r i ~ yard was Borrounded by a chain l i nk fence. So i a mybackyard .The prisoners wr i t e , send and rece i ve l e t t e r s . Are t he l e t t e r s to and fromterror i s t s ,s c r ee ned? Yea.Yes, some prisoners areAs far as mea l s go , I am not sure what Mr. SUllivan is ac customed to , but I ate 'one

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fresh f ru i t and vegetables. I ' ve hea rd my experience ~ t meals repeated by a number ofpeople that have vis i ted GI TMO. I have never hea rd or read a statement from any personactual ly a te a t GITHO , that t he food waa in anyway improper or insu f fic ient .Paragraph 6 : I spoke with doctors a t GITHO and they c la im that most of the prisonersthere are i n much bette r shape than when theyarrived . The doctors sa id that there was no l ack. of medica l f ac i l i t iesa t GiTHO. The doctors specif ical l y scaced . that th e inc iden ce o f ment a l health problems wasno higher a t G!TMO than in the general American popu la t ion .Last Paragraph: The bat t le f ie l d i s no t a crime scene and so ld iers don't carry CSIk i t s . Invest igating th e alleged cr imes o f e nemy combatant s picked up on th e bat t lef ield i salmost impossible. Of the . lmost 400 pr i s on e r s r el ea sed s ince the invasion of Afghanistanthere has been 12 i nc ident s of released prisoners re turning to f ig ht American or coal i t ions old ie rs . If the Uni t ed Sta tes does Dot keep n e combatan t s a t GITMO, t hen where elseshould they be kept?

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ar t ic le :A national disgraceScandalous s tate of af fa i r s a t GitmoBy Thomas P. Sull ivanP u b l i ~ h e d March 1, 2006"Tant anount to tor ture " i s how an i nspec t i on committee of th e In ternat ional Commitcee ofche Red Cross recent ly d e s c r i ~ e d decent ion practices a t Guantanamo Bay. More than 400 nenhave been detained t o r more than four years i n virtua sol i ta ry confinement a t th emil i tary de ten tion cente r i n Cuba . The prisoners, whom the U.S . government ha s denominated"enemy combatants . " a re fo re ig n c i t i%ens taXen i n t o custody from various countr ies ,They have been interrogated repeatedly . Wi t h f ew excep t ions , they have i n51s ted they havedone nothing wrong and took no ac t ion Agains t th e O.S. government. Some may have violatedinternational laws. some may be t e r ro ri s ts . But others may not . What we do know i s thatthese people have no t been charged , le t a lone t r i ed . The Bush adMi n is t r a t io n haa fough ttooth and nail to prevent these 6de t a i nees" . t r om be in g given a.n opportunity to appearbe fore a c ou rt to c ha lle ng e the ba s i s Coi the government's c lassify ing them as combatants .They j u a t 1anguiah i n ~ m The writ of habeas corpus 1s enshrined i n ou r Cons t i t u t i on : "The pr iv i lege of th e writ o fhabeas corpus shal l not be suspended , unless when i n case of rebell ion or i nvasi on thep u ~ l i c safety may requ i re i t . ,.I t is th e t radi t ional method used to r equir e prosecutors to explain to a jUdge th e basis'f or imprisoning those suspected of cO'llll'lli t t ing cr imes . In an astounding surrender toexecutive power. congress recently passed a hi l purport in g to r ep ea l th e p ri so ne rs ' r ightto f i le habeas pet it ions and substi tuted a procedure t hat leave5 t he p ri sone rs at the whimand c ap ri ce o f mi l i t a ry t r ibunals . Trans la t ion : cont inued indefini te incarceration .I recently tr av el ed t o Guantanamo to i n t erv i ew a Cl i ent . a man from Saudi Arabia. He i s i nh i s 30s , married, facher of severa l children . who has been i ncarcerated s ince la te 2001 .An in terpreter who apeaks Arabic accompanied me. I am serving without charge. Armedsoldiers s ea rc hed u s and escorted us to and from a small cubic le . One 'o f c l ient 's l ~ g swas shackled to t he f l o or .Many o f t he ce lls --more a p p r o p r i a ~ e descr ibed a8 cages--were made fr-om shippingcontainers , 6-by-9-feet , wi th a ra ised cemen t s lab and mattress for a ' bed , a metal floor,a to i le t and a wash ba s in . That 's i t . Heat and rain enter f r e e l y, often making i talternately extremely hot or co ld . ,The walls a re mesh or undu la ti ng ho r izontal bars, causing damage to pri .oners ' eyesight .Prisoners see and conve rse only wi th detainees in cel ls adjacent or directly across fromtheir ,cel la . Prison guards escort them i ndividual ly to a shower twice a week and toe x e r c ~ s e tw ice a week in an enclosure consistin g of a ceme nt floor about 15 yards square

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surrounded by a chain - l ink fe nce . They have no acces s to r ~ d i o TV , maga zine s, newspapersor te ephone . Read ing mat er ia l s are sparse- -eve ry t h ing sent , i nc luding l e t t e r s f r omfa mil iea , i a screened , a proceSS that Often t ake s many months . The lunch 1 saw servedappeared hardly f i t t o eat .Many pr i s oner s a re suffering phy . ical ly and menta l ly from i sola t ion , l a ck of prope r foo d ,medic a l care and exerc ise . Some have been driven to hunger s t r ikes and attempts a tsu icide .I n t xm es . of nationa l stress our commi tment to due prOCess i s mos t severely tested . Thetemptation to adopt autocrat ic measures springs to th e fore , made al l t he mor e pa latablewhen t he pe r ce ived ~ i s a f or e ig ne r who speaks in a stra nge tongue and adheres tounfami l ia r re l ig iOUS and cultura l t radi tions . Former U.S. supreme Cour t 3us t i ce Sandra DayO' Connor once remnded us that "i t i s in those t imes that we must preserve our commitmentat home to th e princ ip les for which we figh t abroad . " We shou ld prompt l y br ing an end toth is national disgrace .

Thomas P. Sul l ivan i s an attorney i n cn icago.

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MilitaryAnalysts CallThursday,March l6, 2006Lt. Gen. MartinDempsey. commanderof theMulti-National SecurityTransitionCommand- Iraq (MNSTC-I)On BackgroundHosts: Mr.Dallas Lawrence,OASDPA. OASDPARoomlmteJlLTG Dempsey inIraqTranscriber: Murphy

- , Lawrence: (in progress) the entire call will beon background. You are free to quotetbe source as a senior military leader, but other than that, Ws 00 background, andGeneral Dempsey should be calling in shortly.(break to wait)

The showis yours, sir. Wehave gone over the groundrules. Our folks knowthis call ison background, and we appreciate you joining us this evening from Iraq.Dempsey:My pleasure.Lawrence: General, if you'd like to kindof givean openingoverview of the currentstatusof forces, what the successes your folksare seeingthere, anything you'd like todiscuss,thenwe can open it up for questions.Dempsey: Yeah, I think I would. But Jwill keep it brief, because I would ratherjust fieldthe questions that they are interested in.Firstof all, hello to all of you. Mostof you havebeenover here at one timeor another..Iamjust crossingmy 21"month in Baghdad, 14the first time and seven now.So I've gota bit of a. it seems to me. a historical perspective on thiswhole thing.Andwhat 1would say in general terms in that regardis that although the generationofthe combat forces, the more than 100 battalions-ofArmyand police battalions thatareoutthere get most of the notoriety, the - it seemsto me that the - an equally importantstoryis the institutionsthat are beingbuilt above it, that is to say theMinistry of DefenseandMinistryof Interior, aswell as the - kindof the foundation of the whole thingwhich is aneducationsystem, an Iraqi training and doctrine command that includes 18 institutes,academies, colleges and trainingcentersso that this forcewe are building will betwothingsprincipally- three really.One is capable. clearly. But the other two are one that isan institution from top to bottom, fromfootsoldier to minister, and even more importantthan that an institution of national unity, thatis. a cohesive force inside the countryat atimewhen they clearly needsomecohesive forces workingon their behalf. And I thinkthere's been some reasons to believe that that endeavorand that entire enterprise ismovingin that direction.

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And with that,I wiIJ sayonlyoneother thing, andthat is1knownothing, literally, aboutOperation Swanner,so ifyouwill stayclearof that, I would be happy to answeryourquestions.Q:General, this is Jeff McCausland. Good to talkto you again. Couldyou talka little bitabout thatnational unity function? Of course. there's been various reportsafterthebombing of theGoldenMosque (22February in Samarra). And in general, theonesJhave readseem to be sumrnarized bysayingtheIraqisecurity forces, thearmy,performed quitewell; in fact, theydeployed rapidly andwere a settling influence,however. that the police forces were somewhat mixed results in termsof thatwhole beingcohesive, being identifiedas a unifying force, et cetera.Could you talk a little aboutthoseevents, and those two different pans of the securityforce?Dempsey : Sure. In general terms , Iwould say thatthe annyand the nationalpolice - andthe national police, by theway, usedto becalled whenyouwere here last timethespecialpolice - andconsistof the commando divisionandthe publicorderdivision, thosenationa l forces. we havemore visibilityon them thanwe do the locai police, butperformed verywell.They wereverydeliberate; they werepoised. 1woulddescribe theiractivitiesas a settling - clearlya settling influence onwhatwas essentiallya veryemotionally charged atmosphere.Therewere reports of certain units that chose notto confront anned militia,and therewere somearmedmilitiaactivities that cropped up,notablythe (Muqtada Sadr's) JayshalMahd i in and around SadrCity. But frankly. theydidn't have muchpolitical topcovertodoso. In otherwords, therewas a conscious decision taken at the national level nottoexacerbate theproblem by handling twoproblems at once, you know, you've gottheemotionally charged atmosphere of themosque andthe religious undertones of thatandthedecision wasmadenot to confrontmilitias. but rather ensurethat theywerenot actingin criminal ways. So, forexample, there werea couple ofmosques that were taken overbymilitias - the militiaof course claimed - and itmaybe true-. that theytook them .overinorderto protect them- butwhenthelegitimate forces wentand said,okay,wegot itnow, they- in everycase ., they dispersed.Therewereotherreports aboutarmed groups moving through the streets, youknow,shooting their rifles in the air and things thatoverhereare somewhat commonplace, Idon't want todiminish that, butin everycase, again, the legitima te security forces hadaleveling effecton all thatand kindof channeled all this excessenergy.Nowwe're still inthe - this is all very recent, sowe're still in the processat some levelof accumu latingour lessons learned.And there werea couple of instances wherelocalpolice inparticular,1am not talking aboutthenationa l policeor the nationalarmy. butthe local policemayhave, youknow, turned a blindeyeto somethings. But frankly, Isawthisas a watershed moment forthe Iraqi Security Forces, and they not onlypassedthechallenge but didso verywell.

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Q: General , Jed Babbin. Thanksagainfor hostinguswhenwewereover there inDecember . What can you tellus about themilitias infiltrating the legitimate forces andwehear all sortsof goofy reports about people coming in and sectarianviolence comingout of someof theseforces.Dempsey : First of all, let mego from the latter part ofyourquestionto the former . Makenomistakeaboutit, there are intelligence reports on a frequent basis.that cause usto beconcerned about the activitiesofpiecesof the legitimate securityforces,never anentireunit, but rather an individual or twoor three Or 10,maybe, insideof a legitimate unit.And we've got a systemin placewithOUT Iraqi counterparts to investigate those. Andwehave on, I don't know, in the lastsixmonths Or so, we've had the occasion to changecommanders of battalions in boththe army andthe national police- again,thecommandos andpublicorder.We'vealsochanged a numberofbrigade commanders because there wasenoughevidence theywerenotexerting thekindofcontrol anddiscipline overtheir force theyneeded .But again, this is probab ly twoor three battalions outof 100or so in thearmy,and onebrigade outof eight in the national policeand twobattalions out of24 in the nationalpolice.So,I mean, youknow. it's significant, butnot anything thatwouldme todescribe this asan endemic problem.Now, backto the issueof infiltration:This isoneof my favorite words; natural ly.Andit's hard forme to sign upfor infiltrationwhenwe talk aboutthe legitimate, thatis to say,. thegovernmental recognized militias - youknow , the peshmerga, the Badrand sevenothers are identified in CPAorderNo. 91 as legitimatemilitiasthatmust beovertimedisarmed and/orassimilated intoIraqisociety andeven theIraqi SecurityForces.So we clearly havehad former BadrCorps, former peshmerga comein to the securityforces as individuals, intentionally. In fact, in somecaseswe've taken inputsandallowedthem to be recruited intentionally thatwayaspart of an assimilation process.The key isnot 10 havethemall inone place, andthe second key isto havethe leadersof units bediverse, and havetheMiTf (Military TransitionTeam)teams that overwatch them besensitive to thesekind of thingsandalsothespecial policetransition teamsas wel l.Nowthereareothermilitias, let's evenbelessspecific, andcall themarmedgroups outthere that aremoreproblematic. AndImentioned theJayshalMahdi as one of them,because it's nota recognized militia bythe.CPA orderNo. 91.Secondly,many of the young menthat tendtodrift toward Jayshal Mahdiareuneducated, almostuniversally unemployed, andasa resulttheycan't evengetintothe

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legitimate security forces becausethe legitimate security forces have a recruiting standardand generally they can't pass it. So theyposea little bit different kind of problem.But infiltration is probably lessprecisethan itoughtto be, given that in some cases thesemenare actually invited in.Q: HeyMarty, Bob Scales, howare youdoing?Dempsey: Hi, Bob, good to hearfromyou.Q: Listen, I am intrigued by yourdescription ofa building of an institutionalpart of thearmy, a sortof TRADOCif youwill.Areyouactuallybuildingthings likeacademies,staff colleges, warcolleges,NCOacademies, things of thatsort? And if so, isthatyourmissionordoes that belongto somebodyelse? And I guess the last part is how isthat. going?Dempsey: It is mymission. It was actually - itaU started on Dave's (Petraeus) watch,actually. The concept has kind ofmatured and in fact, inmyother hat, which is theNATO commander in Iraq, that's really in termsof officer education, that's theirniche.But, yeah, we've graduatedour first class from the Iraqimilitary academy at Rustamiyah78 newsecond lieutenants, noneof whomhad previousmilitaryexperience. Andthat'ssignificant, becauseyou knowwe've also broughtin, asyouknow, former officersto fillthe ranks, and this was the firstclass - it graduated in January, that is young men whoneverhad any previousmilitaryexperience. So that's thebeginning, it seems tome, ofanofficer developmentsystem, officer education system thetwill over time, youknow,essentially replenish the ranks fromstart tofinish.And we're going to - we actually, it's anotheroneof these national unity initiatives.There's threemilitaryacademiesin Iraq. OneinZakho, one in QuaJachulon (?), they'reboth in Kurdistan,and oneat Rustamiyah, Andwe've gotthem linkedtogetherwithacommoncurriculum, a commonprogramof instruction, commoncourse length, theyshareinstructors. And now theyareeach producing about 100 every nine months.Wherewewant to get them is to each produceabout 300becauseour analysis of the life-cycleneedsof the anny is that they' ll need about 900 newlieutenantsevery year.But that's all in place.There's ajoint staffcollegeequivalentto our Command andGeneral Staff College in place. It " ill graduate SO junior level they call it- that'd bemajorsand lieutenantcolonels and then this year, this is thepilot year, 37 of the seniors,which areessentially full colonels and civilians, by the way,and that coursewill doublein size next yearas well.There's a war college - actuallythey are goingto call it a national defense university,thatwillopen in September. And by theway, that's not uniqueon the army side. Onthepolice sidewe've recentlyconvertedBaghdad policecollege to the productionof "officers, and they've gota nine-month course- I'm sorry, they've got a six-month, a one-

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year course,and they've got a three-year course.Andall those are up and runningand ifyou all come overhere and wantto visit them- I think that this is what will essentiallycreate this enterprise that will endureover time.Q: J am trying to get over there specificallyjust to botheryou for a couple days so J cancome backand reportall that. I really think the largermessage needs to bemade. It's notjust about producingbattalionsor producingsoldiersand policemen, but it's also aboutproducinginfrastructure,and I think that's a story that the American people needto hear.Dempsey: Absolutely right. And,just to highlight- or reinforce that point, it's reallywhatwe focus on now. I mean the generation of units is really (in train?) and requiresvery little - and by the way, handedover in greatmeasure. The platform instructorsforall of these institutes, academies, trainingcenters, usedto be exclusively Coalitionandnow it's 70percent iraqi. And bythe end of thisyear,we will have transitionedmostinstructorpositionsover to Iraqisand thenwe' ll be in a mentoring and advising rolethere.We've also sent 500mid-gradeofficersout of countryas partof a NATO initiative to,you know, to the Marshall Center. Andwe hada kid graduate from Sandhurst whograduatedwith an award for the best foreign cadet.So, I mean, that's the institutionsideof it. It's not sexy, but it' s the most important thingwe're doing.Q:And a story that needs to betold.Q: Hey,sir, Ken Allard. Actually I thinkweadopted the class at Rustarniyah onour lasttrip over there ourselves. Andwe sure rememberthemvery fondly.Dempsey: Yeah, that's right, J do.Q: The thing that I am getting a lot ofquestionsabout fromour correspondents - by theway, they talk about the present level of violence ismaking it even tougher on themto'cover the story than it otherwisewouldhave been.One of the things that is interestingto me, basedon myown experience in Bosnia,iswhetheror not you are seeing any signsof whatamounts to a de facto ethnic cleansing?Becausewhat happenedover therewas not so muchthat you had the death squadsmovingaround, they were certainlypresent. probablyin the same way that they are inIraq, but what was happening is that a lot ofwhatwas going on was simply peoplegettingout of harm's way. Are you seeinganysignsthat that is going on, and if so, whatarethe institutions you're buildingdoingabout that? .Dempsey: Yeah,one ofthe - well, a couple of waysto answer that,.or a coupleof aspectsto the answer. And that is mostof the problems, this is no surprise, it's a flash to theobvious, you know, it's where the fault lines exist And the principal fault line exists inBaghdad,pure and simple. It's also the center of gravitypolitically and so forth.

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Sowehaven't seen the kindof problems thatyou are talking about any place else thanIraqwith theexception ofBaghdad. OneofGeneralCasey's CCIR (commanders' criticalinformation requirements) is displacement ofcivilians , forexactly the reasonyoutalkabout. Are they being forced out, are they leaving?Bythe way, the analysis of that is verycomplicated right now becausewe are right in themiddleof Arba'een. Ashura is, youknow, their GoodFriday essentially,and then40 dayslater is the Arba'een holiday andthey - andmany of them troop south, manyof the Shi'apilgrims, I should bemorespecific - troopsouth.And that's going-on at precisely thetimewe are trying to figureout, youknow,what) trothandwhat's fiction aboutthemovement of people.Therehave beentwo- since the Samarra mosque incident - there's been two reports offamilies on themove. OnewasI think - and againthis isall on background, sopleasedon't use the exact number - one involved 200 fam iliesand another one about the samenumbermoving fromBaghdad south. And the first report wasabsolutelydetermined tobe pilgrims, Thesecond one wedon't have theanswer yet; it could very well be that therewere people that hadmovedoutof southeast Baghdad to the south. to get away fromwhattheyperceived to be an unsecure situation.As towhatwe're doingabout it. this is really an operational answer to that question, butweare really focused like a laser beamon Baghdad, because again, for all the reasonsImentioned. AndGeneral Casey asyouknow has brought up the - a p iece of hisoperational reserve to thicken the ranks. It' s alsobeen, by the way, a pretty goodtestoftheir ability to moveand determinewhattimelines theywould need to have to move.We've brought threebattalions of public order back from- they were forwarddeployedelsewhere,webrought themback intoBaghdad. The Iraqi army hasmoved anothercouplebattalionsinto Baghdad .Sowe've probablyincreasedtheforce levels in Baghdad by about anywherefrom3,500to4,000. Increaseda numberof patrols by between 150 and 200 a day.Kind of the issuenowis restoringpublic confidence, frankly,andthat takes place by increasedpresence.Andso all that's happening. Andwe'remonitoring the kind of things youjust talkedaboutas part of our CCIR.But to this point, we haven 't seenthosekind ofdisplacements. What wehaveseenis kindof a bitofa back and forth, you know, there wiUbea Sunniatrocityand then therewillbe a Shi'a atrocity and a Sunniatrocity. Sothe real trickhere is to break the cycle,andweareworking on that.Q:General , BobMaginnis. Question regarding the defenseministryand the interiorministry andwhetheror not you areseeingindications that they arematuringenoughtobeable tooversee countrywidethe typesof functions that youjust described.

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Dempsey: Yeah, maturing- the present participle applies. They are clearly, they areclearly maturing. Andwe monitor - just like the tactical units have a - wecall it atransitional readiness assessment. It 's a monthly reportcard, if you will. We've gotonethat we,that we- where we evaluate ourselves, because we are not advisors over there,we're partnerswith them. And SO on a monthly basis we determine what progresswehavemadeor have failed tomakeon 18keyfunctions in anyministry, and it' s everythingfrom personal managementwith, you know, subtextof pay and promotion andretirement, all the way down tothe inspector general function.Andwehave- you knowthat I've got developmental responsibility for bothministries.And I've got right nowabout 70 soldiersand civilians in eachministry, and thatnumberis going to go upa bit here in the next monthbecause wehave: made some analysis ofadditional needs. And we really want them to get off toa promising start in this first 100daysof the newgovernment. We are really focused on havingthemachieve somesuccesses in the first 100days or so in the newgovernment. Andso we're really, we'vegot some programswe've workedout withtbemto give thema few early wins if youwant to call it that.So, now there are some processesthoughwherewe have made enormous strides, pay forexample. Promotionwe're close, very close. Andsomethat are just going to takelonger.And the two thatcome immediately to mindare procurem ent and contracting.Youknowthey corne from a command-directed economywhere prettymuch if you neededit youasked for the money, if you got it, you spentit. Therewasno competitive biddingand nocompeting in the freemarket economyagainst othersectors of the economy.But theyareverymuch in a free market economy now. They have to make theircase toacOWlCiI, and they've to do competitive bidding. This is their law, by the way, not ours>theirnew law I should say. So that's been a real eye opener for them. and that probably isgoing to take, you know, a couple of years, I think, to mature.Q: General. just one follow-up. The pay you mentioned, you know, what have you doneto fix that?Dempsey: Great question. first of all, we've identified the problem. The problemwasn 't pay: it was easy to lump it in to thecategoryof pay. The problemWas realtypersonal accountability, frankly. So, for example, if a commanderup in Mosul didn' thaveproperaccountability of his people and eithernumbersor in rank structure and heplaceda demandon the system- and it's still a manual system- and here came thepayroll (north?) and hegot there andhe didn't have enoughmoney to pay, then itwassort of lumped in in precisely asapayproblem.Well, it wasn't a pay problem, itwasapersonal accountability problem. So that's wherewe putour effortAnd we've got a coupleof initiatives in place to build for themwhatwemight call a littlepersonnel administrationcenter in each banalion where as these soldiers go on leave you~ o they're basicallyon a 21-dayon, seven-day off cycle, they process in and out'eachtime. And it 's beginningto give US a heckofa lot moreclarity on what's out there. And

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as a result, Iwould venture to say- now this, our lastmonth may have been an anomaly,I hopenot, but the lastmonth we had fewerthan 1,000pay problems in an army of, youknow,that's just now at about at 106.000. Andthosewere corrected very Quickly uponidentification.Thepolice is a little different. You know, theydrawtheir pay and their support for localpolicefrom the provinces and then the national policeare supported from the center.So,you know,we're learningas wegowiththat, butwe've made some pretty significantstrides with that as well.Q:General, this is Jeff McCausland again.Onthe (inaudible) side, there's been a lot offocusfrankly on the actual ministers, aMr. (inaudible - sounds like he might meanBayanJaber, interiorminister) the ministerof interioris one that (inaudible - is talkedabout?) an awful lot. I' Il fully understand if you don't wantto want to comment at all.But I amcurious about your thoughts at all, becauseobviously the guysat the top aregoingto be key and essentialon answeringa lot of thesequestions, whether it'sinfiltration, whether it's pay, (inaudible) et cetera.Dempsey: You knowministers- in general terms- I don't wantto comment about thempersonallybecause, you know, I mean, I havesucha close relationship to them itwouldn't take too long to figureout where it camefrom.But I will tell you in tell you in general terms, whatthis country needs in my view isministerswho ~ you know, we tend tosayweneed a governmentof national unity,andthat's a fact. No doubt about it. But youdo needministersin the key positionswho havea strongpolitical backing. In otherwords, they've got to havea constituencyso that asthey are buffeted by other influencers they've gotsome political backing. I mean, this is ademocracynow. .(break in transcript)Q: Sir, Ken Allard again. I was reallyimpressedwith some of the (inaudible - soundslikeBUDS)that we saw, particularlywith the overlappingsurveillance systems. Havethose things been any real assistance toyou guys in dealing with the problem of the civilviolence?Have those systems helpedyou guys at all react?.Dempsey: Yeah, I think so. Frankly, Pete Chiarelliwould be better positioned to answerthat becausehe really has access to that all the time.But I do know that -Q: Welltell himthat I said hi and alsothat-Dempsey: I will.Q:And "11 askhim those e m b a r r a s s i ~ g questionsmyself.

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Dempsey : Yeah. yeah. Noproblem. But Iwill say thathe has reported that someof thosethings haveallowed- you knowthewhole issuein this part of the world, I am notjusttalking aboutBaghdadOr Iraq. butthispartof theworldis rumorgenerallytrumps fact.Andwhattheseoverlappingsystems haveallowed us to do inmanycases is confirm ordenyand tampdownthings thatotherwise could reallyspinout of control.Lawrence: Anyadditional questions for thegeneral?Q;Well, thanks forwhat you'vedone, buddy. Thisis BobScales.You know, you'vedonea terrificjob and all of usover hereare reallyproudof you.Dempsey : Well, thanks, Thatmeans a lot.Andby the way though. it hasn't escaped me. Iknowyou're tryingto get over here, but I notice youdidn't try to get over here before 81.Patrick's Day (laughter) .Q: H e ~ , I amon a (six - inaudible) train tomorrow morning; I am going toO'Houlihan'son 57' Street,and I'll drinka beer(inaudible) 1am going tomarch in the parade, Marty(laughter).Dempsey: Are youreally?That's great.Q;Take care, my friend.Dempsey : All right, you all takecare.Q; Take care, sir.Q;Thanks to you. general.Q;HeyDallas?Lawrence: Yes, sir. Folks,just a quick reminder that wason background. Go ahead,colonel.(sidebar conversation continues).Endof transcript

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From: G.llin Cry , OASD-PA [mai l t o :Sent : Wdnesday , Ma rch 15, 2006 4: 54 PMTo: .. LTC/ OSSub j ec t : FW: [U] FW: Ur gen t / PAO contact info f or Gen Dempsey

hi there . did you take over f o r glad t o conne c t wi t h you . i am thepoc for t he re t ired mil i t a ry ana lys ts . . . . i t a lked to co l fo rd a few minutes ago and we'dl i ke to go ahead and se t up a conf ca ll wi th rng pe ter s on and bg bo lger to ta lk aboutcurrent ops over there , how it' s going , e tc . i s i t poss ib le t o do t hat l a t e r t oday ? it r ied your number , but you mus t be away f r om your desk . . . p lease l e t me know as soon asyou can i f we can work someth i ng out . i f i ca n ge t a few hours no t i ce so t ha t i cancontact the ana l ysts , tha t wou ld be great !

i hope you won ' t mi nd i f i contac t you occa s ional ly whe n i have quest ions that comefrom the an alysts . t he ana l ys ts are a lso a gr eat resource f o r you guys t o get th e word outabout what 's happening on t he g round . they al l have d i s t ingu i shed careers , which givest hem a to n o f c r ed ib i li t y s o , p lea se fee l f r e e t o pa s s "'-lon g i n f o rma t i on to me t h a tyou wou ld l i ke them t o hav e .

nice to meet you and i look f orward t o hea r i ng from you shor t ly .thanks !

p .s . i f you need to contac t me for any reason , her e 's where i can be fo und :

OSD Publ i c Affai rsCommuni t y Re l a t i on s a nd Publ i c Li ai soni J I The Pentagonti . . i i t on , D.C. 20 301. _ (desk ) / (mob i l e)www.AmericaSupportsYou. mi l

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From : Merritt , Roxie , AF!S -HOSent : Wednesday , MArch 15. 2006 8 : 05 AMTo: nsns CIV. OASO - PASub jec t : FW {UJ PW : Urgent! PAO contac t i nf o for Oen DempseyHope th is i sn ' t to o l a t e.

Roxie T. Merri t tOf f ice of th e Deputy Assistan t Secretary. of Defen se fo r Publ ic Af fa i r s (I n t e r na lCommunications lu.s . Department of Defense601 North Pa i r fax Street - Rl'I mi'Alexandria . Vir in ia 22314-20 07. Phone : ,Fax :emai l :

- O r i ~ n a l M e 8 s a ~ . F o (mai l t o :Sent : Wednesday. M f t a~ ~ l 1 i i i i ' .2.0.0.6.2.:20 AMTo : R o x i e . M e r r i t t Z ISub j ect : ~ [U) FW: urgen t / PAO contact info fo r Gtn DempseyChecking i n . contac t i nf o be low .COL Ford wi l l l e t you know about the con! i c t and any p lana fo r opt io n B.Thanks ,

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This is fo r you , Sir . I t came in t o the public mailbox .

SPC (b)(6)MNSTC-I PAO NCOICOSN: (b){2)

TSGT MNFI STRATEGIC EFFECTSOn Beha l f Of CPIC Pres6 DeskMarch 15 , 0 9 :1 0 AM[ma i l t o :mm1II1!11Sent: wednesday,To: PAOSubject: [U) FW : Urgent I PAO 'contac t i nf o for Gen DempseyImportance : HighClassif icat ion : UNCLASSIFIEDSir ,

I 'm sure th is made i t to HNSTC- I before now. but I wanted to make sure 80meonegot back with Ms. Merri t t .

. v r , TSGT . u.s . Air ForceCPIC Press DeskDSN (b)(2)ComClassif icat ion: UNCLASSIFIEDI f this e-mail i s marked FOR O F ~ I C I A L USE ONLY i t may be exempt from lIIandatorydisclosure under FOIA. 000 S400.7R , "DoD Preedom o f Informa ti on Act Program", 000Directive 5230 .9 , "Cl earance of 000 Information for Publ ic Re lease" , and 000 Inetruction

5230.29 , "Securi t y and Pol icy Review of DoD Information for Public Release" app ly .

.(b)(6)rom: Merri t t . Roxie . AFIS-HO [mai l t o : Roxi e .Mer r i t tSent' : Wednesday, March 15 , 2006 2 : 07 AMTo : !J!Ntt ;=COL MNFI STRATEFF COHHS ~ I Cc : rGJmf _ bmJ CI OASD-PA ; col _ (E-ma i l ) (E-mail ) ; CPIC Press DeskSubject : RE:Urgent l PAC con ta ct i nf o for Gen DempseyImportance : HighDewey.

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OASD (PA) med i a ana ly s ts , needs Gen Dempsey 's contact i nfo as SOOn aspossibl e. They ar e t ry in g to se t up a conference cal l for him tomorrow . ~ n o w he has anew PAO and thought I had h is contact i nf o i n my fo lder . bu t am unable to locate i t . I ' vecc ' d Ta ra on t his emai l i f you can reply soones t . Thanks

Roxie T. Merri t tOff ice o f t he Deputy Assis tant Secretary of Defense for Publ ic Affa ir s (I nt ernalCommun i ca t ionslU.S. Department of Defense601 Nor th Fai rfax St reet - RmAlexandr ia , Virginia 223 14 -2 0 07Phonl!!:Fax :email :

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(b)(6)From: 'Sent:To:SUbject :

JedBabb in@J:\ f(;fWWednesday, March 15, 20064:12 PMRuff. Eric, SES. OSORe: Another Idea

Eric: Yes , indeed . Iwasthinkingofdoinga pieceon thecadets andtheir training. They'regraduating 26April(according toDan Bolger) andwill go right intothe firefight. They- and the faculty - deserve a small tribute.Whilddya think? : . . . I(b)(2)

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(b)(6)From: 'Sent:To:Cc:Subject:

Lawrence, Dallas, OASD-PAWednesday, March 15,20063:40 PM'BOmer, DaniaJiGtF LTC/OSRE: contcallwith militaryanalystsThank you general. I just sawemail traffIc within the pasthour that shows LTCmImI is indeed ; 1/ over this and is tryingto moveLTG Dempsey's schedule around 10accomodcne.Thanksaganto all on your team.dlDallas B. LawrenceDirector, Officeof Community Relations & Public LiaisonUnitedStates Department of Defense,(b)(2)

From: Boger, Daniel BG [mallto:BolgerDPSent: Wednesday, Minctl 15, 2006 2:38 PMTo: Lawrence,Dallas, O.ASOPACc: tiMd LTelOSSubject: RE: cont call wittl military analysts

Dallas.

I can't answertorMajor General Peterson, but for me, tomorrowwill be lough as I will be out with an uncertainreturn time(due to ground convoy oos).

I will work withmild

Thanks.

Strength&Honor!

Dan Bolger

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and MGPeterson's guysand seewhat we can do tomeet this request.

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From: Lawrence, Dallas, OASO-PA l !Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:28 PMTo: Bolger, Daniel BGSubject PH: confcallwith militaryanalysts

General,I hope this note finds youwell sir. I wanted tomalle sureyou hadvisibilityon this request frommy team. Asweapproachthe3 year anniversary ,we think itwould begreat to giveour retr-ed militiry talking headsyour solidmetrics and talkingpointsOn thehuge steps we havetaken forward In training ISF. I hope your schedulecan accommodate .weare happy tomovethe lime tojust about anythingbetweem 11 amESTto 4 pmESTtomakeIt work tomorrow. Obviously the morenotice w havethe push thecall; the greater participa tionwill be. .Thanks8gain sir for all youhavedonetohelp us in telling thegood news.Best.DlDallas B. LawrenceDirector , Office of Community Relations & Public LiaisonUnited States Department of Defense

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From: rGlIdllov.OASO-I'ASent: WednesdIv. March 15, 200612:24 PM10:Cc: Ulwrtllcr. Dallas, ~ I ' A Wid Ol MN FI STRATEff= COf'lMS OlVSubjeCt: aid callwithmiltatv 1INlystshlmTII'm a little.concerned that j have not yetheard fromyou, as rm afraid yourdaywill be ending soon.we would like to set upthe callwithmg peterson andbg bolgerfor tomorrow. i needto knowwhat timewouldwork for thegenerals tobeabletodo so.

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in addition, itwould begreat if we could get somemetrics fromyouto forward on to theanalysts... thingslikebattlespaceturnedover tothe iraqis, the increase in iraqi forces, % of engagements that are IraqiorJont-led, perhaps a battespacemap that depicts these things In color7? is thatpossible??itwouldbehelpful tor ouranalysts to hal/e.please letme knowas soon as you can Ifwearegoing to beable to make this happenl i am standingby to pull thistogether as soon as i hear fromyou thatwe're a go.thanks!mOSDPublic AffairsCommunity Relatlons andP'ublic Liaison

rmImJlrhe PentagonWashington, D.C. 20301

www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil

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(b)(6)From: 'Sent:To ;Cc:SUbject:

tmtl3 CIV,OASDPAwednesday, March 15, 2006 2:55 PMtiMid LTC/05'Lawrence , Dallas, OASD-PARE: [UJFW: UrgenV PAO contact info for Gen Dempsey.

great, rr.\W thanks. as imentioned in an earlier ema il, j'm checking email as early as 0500. so i can send out the invitefirst thing in the a.m.... just lemme know!oh, and whoever we get. would you mind attaching their bio(s) torme??thanks much!rmp.s. got your voicemail... sorry for the crisscrossing messages !! thanks .

From: LTC/OS [ m a i l t o l l m Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:50 PMTo: rmtld crv, OA$D-PACc: tJ:I,a : COL MNFI STRATCOM ; Merritt,Roxie, AAS-HQSu bject: RE: [U] FW: Urgent! PAO contact Info for Gen Dempsey-don't mind. Will help if I can.Fred left about 6 weeks ago. I just came from the DC. In fact, I know many of theanalysts . Hope we can get Bob Scales, Bob Mcguinn is, Ra lph Peters (who missed LTG Dwhen he was visiting two weeks ago) Pau l Vallely, Bill Nash, John Garrett, Tim Eads, toname a few.

I asked LTG Dempsey if we could shoot for tomorrow afte r 1800 our t ime . Am awaiting aresponse. I f he can't, I' l l pursue MG Peterson.

Very dif ficult to turn these guys on a day. LTG D has time at night. Just need to see ifhe 'll take or defer.Thanks,

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LTC (b)(6)PublicAffairs OfficerMulti-Nationa l Security Transition Command-IraqPhoenix Base, International Zone, BaghdadDSN: (b)(2)Commercial: (b)(2)MCI Cell: (b)(2)

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From: ramm a,OASDPA a l 7 if : : f l : i Sent: WedneSda'tL...t1arch 15, 2006 4:54 PMTo:rmtLij _ LTC/OSSubject: FW : [U] FW: Urgent ! PAO contact Info for Gen Dempseyhi there. did you take over for fred wellman?? glad to connect with you. i am the poe for the retired military analysts.... italked to col ford a few minutes ago and we'd like to go ahead and set up a conf call with mg peterson and bg bolger totalk about current ops over there, how it's going, etc. is It possible to do that later today? I tried your number, but you mustbe away from your desk... please let me know as soon as you can if we canwork something out. If i can get a few hoursnotice so that I can contact the ana lysts, that wou ld be great !

1hope you won't mind if i contact you occas ionally when i have questions that come from the ana lysts. the analysts arealso a great resource for you guys to get the word out about what 's happen ing on the ground. they all have distinguishedcareers . which gives them a ton of cred ibility...... so, please feel free to pass along information to me that you would likethem to have.

nice to meet you and i look forward to hearing from you short ly.thanks !

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From: Merrit t, Roxie, AFIS-HQsent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:05 AMTo: fU\T' ii ( : av, OASD -PASubject: FW: [Ul FW: Urgent! PAO contact info for Gen Dem pseyHope this isn't too late.

Roxie T. MerrittOffice of the Deputy Assistant Secre ary of Defense for Public Affairs (Internal Communications)U.S. Department of Defense601 North Fairfax Streetm6IIAlexandria, Virginia 22314-2007

o mail: roxie.merritt-----Original Message-----From:ri3fffi LTC/OS [mailto: ]Sent : w d n e s d a Y ~ ' r . ~ r ~ . . . 0 . 2 : 2 0 AMTo: Roxie.Merritt@i$ mSubject: FW: [U] FW: Urgent! PAOcontact info for Gen DempseyChecking in. contact info below.COLrmml will let you know about th e conf lict and any plans for opt ion B.Thanks,LTC (b)(6)Public Affairs OfficerMult i-National Security Transition Command-Iraq

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From:oom SFC On BehalfOf PADSent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:si AMTo: _TC/OSSubject: FIN: [U) FIN:Urgent/ PAO contact info for Gen DempseyImportance: High

This is or you, Sir. It came in to the public mailbox.

MNSTC-I PAONCOICDSN: (b)(2)

From:tmtm TSGTMNFI-STRATEGIC EffECTS (mailto:Desksent: Wednesday, March I S, 2006 9:10 AMTo: PAOSubject: (UJ FIN: Urgent/ PAO contact info for Gen DempseyImportance: High

Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDSir,

(b)(6) On BehalfOfCPC Press

I'm sure this made it to MNSTC-I be ore now, but I wanted to make sure someone got back with Ms. Merritt.

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Vr,tmrmTSGT, U.S. Air ForceCPIC Press DeskDSNLmIBI IC m Classification : UNCLASSIFIEDIf this e-mail is marked FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY it may be exempt from mandatory disclosureunder FOIA. 000 5400.7R, "DoD Freedom of Information Act Program ", 000 Directive 5230.9,"Clearance of 000 Information for Public Release", and 000 Instruction 5230.29, "Security andPolicy Review of 000 Information for Public Release" apply.

From: Merritt, Rox ie, AFIS -HQ [mailto:Roxie.Merrltt Sent: Wednesday, March IS, 2006 2:07 AMTo: Ford Dewey GCOLMNA STRATEFF COMMS DIVCc: rmTtd :\fnt o, OASD-PA j Col (E-mail) (E-mail)j CPICPressDeskSubject: RE:Urgent/ PAO contact info for GenDempseyImportance: High

Dewey,

fj5fM , OASD(PA) media analysts, needs Gen Dempsey's contact info as soon as possible. Theyare trying to set upa conference calf for him tomorrow. I know he has a new PAC andthought I had his contact info in my folder, but amunable to locate it. I've c o this email if you can reply soonest. Thanks

Roxie T. MerrittOffice of the DeputyAssistant Secretary of Defense for PUbic Affairs (Internal Communications)

/U.S. Department of Defense601 North FairfaxStreet - RmrmTiAlexandria, Virginia 22314-2007

o ~ mail: roxie.merritt@l;r'I1ml1tr'lia

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Lawrence, Dallas OASD-PAWednesday, a r 15, 2006 1:28 PMo i J ; i i . l i i i FW:conf call with military analysts

General,1hope this note finds you well sir. I wanted to make sure you had visibility on this request from my team. As we approachthe 3 year anniversary, we think it would be great to give our retired military talking heads your solid metrics and talkingpoints on the huge steps we have taken forward