US embassy cable - 05BAGHDAD3147

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Identifier:	05BAGHDAD3147
Wikileaks:	View 05BAGHDAD3147 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Baghdad
Created:	2005-07-30 07:54:00
Classification:	SECRET//NOFORN
Tags:	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER AU IZ
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

S E C R E T BAGHDAD 003147 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NOFORN 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2015 
TAGS: MOPS, PHUM, PINS, PTER, AU, IZ 
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY ON INTERROGATION POLICY 
 
REF: FEINBERG - PILZ E-MAIL 27 JULY 2005 
 
Classified By: Classified by David C. Litt, Political- 
Military Affairs Counselor, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1.  (SBU) The Australian Embassy in Baghdad has made 
the following inquiry, which we understand is related 
to an Australian parliamentary inquiry: 
 
"Between May and October 2004, was there an extant and 
operative US instruction in Iraq regarding 
interrogation in existence in addition to the document 
FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation? If so, noting 
earlier US efforts to facilitate comparison of US 
interrogation standards with Australian standards, we 
request either access to that document, or an 
undertaking by US authorities to perform that 
comparison for us." 
 
2.  (S/NOFORN) Post has a copy (Reftel) of the likely 
subject of the inquiry, a separate interrogation 
policy titled "CJTF-7 Interrogation and Counter- 
Resistance Policy", which was published in May 2004. 
However, the memorandum is classified SECRET/NOFORN. 
 
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ACTION REQUEST 
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3.  (SBU) We request guidance from the Department on 
the appropriate response to this inquiry, and thank 
the Department for its assistance. 
Khalilzad