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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

TWELVE (12) DOCUMENTS WERE DETERMINED TO BE OF POTENTIAL
EVIDENTIARY VALUE.  USACIL LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF NCISRU
GUANTANAMO BAY EVIDENCE LOG #029-06, FOUND NO INDENTED WRITINGS
OR FINGERPRINTS, WHICH MATCHED ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED
 PRINTS ON FILE AT USACIL.  ON 27JAN07, A NAVY AIR LOGISTICAL
OFFICE (NALO) FLIGHT RETURNED THE FILTER LITIGATION TEAM
MATERIALS TO GTMO FROM JACKSONVILLE, FL.  ON 06JUN07, U.S.
SOUTHERN COMMAND (SOUTHCOM), AUTHORIZED THE RETURN OF THE NON-
EVIDENTIARY VALUE FILTER LITIGATION TEAM MATERIALS FROM
CATERGORIES 2 AND 4 TO JTF-GTMO.  ON 12JUN07, NCISRA GTMO
RETURNED THE NON-EVIDENTIARY VALUE FILTER LITIGATION TEAM
MATERIALS FROM CATERGORIES 2 AND 4 TO JTF-GTMO.  FROM 10-13SEP07,
THE FILTER LITIGATION TEAM REVIEWED THE TWELVE (12) DOCUMENTS OF
POTENTIAL EVIDENTIARY VALUE.  OF THE 12 DOCUMENTS EXAMINED, SIX
WERE WRITTEN IN UNKNOWN LANGUAGES AND NOT FURTHER REVIEWED, THREE
WERE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILIGED, AND THREE WERE OF POTENTIAL VALUE
TO THIS INVESTIGATION.  ON 27FEB08, THE SEFO DRP REVIEWED THE
INVESTIGATION AND FORWARDED IT TD THE NCISHQ DEATH REVIEW BOARD
FOR AUTHORITY TO CLOSE.  ON 23APRO8, RA CONDUCTED AN
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE CASE FILE AND DISCOVERED NUMEROUS
ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH MPGT ROI(INTERIM)/20JUN06.  RA MADE THE
APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONS AND RETRANSMITTED REVISED REPORTS.
INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN PENDING REVIEW BY THE NCISHQ DRB.

NARRATIVE

1. (U) THIS IS A REACTIVE INVESTIGATION INITIATED TO DETERMINE
CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH OF V/AL ZAHRANI, V/AL TABI AND V/AHMED.
NO DETERMINATION OF A SPECIFIC STATUTE CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME.

2. (U) SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUBMISSION OF REFERENCE (T), REPORTING AGENT
CONDUCTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE CASE FILE AND DISCOVERED
NUMEROUS ERRORS ASSOCIATED WITH MPGT ROI(INTERIM)/20JUN06.  THE
"HEADER" PORTION OF MPGT ROI(INTERIM)/20JUN06 CONTAINED EXHIBITS THAT
WERE LISTED AND/OR DATED INCORRECTLY.  SECONDLY, RA DISCOVERED THAT TWO
FBI INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS WERE LABELED AS EXHIBIT (917 . THE
AFOREMENTIONED REPORTS REMAINED AS EXHIBIT (91); HOWEVER, THE EXHIBIT
LISTING WAS REVISED TO REFLECT THAT TWO DOCUMENTS ARE NOW CONTAINED IN
THE EXHIBIT.  THE REMAINING CORRECTIONS WERE MADE AND A REVISED
ROI(INTERIM)/20JUN06 WAS RETRANSMITTED.

3. (U) IN ADDITION TO THE ERRORS IDENTIFIED SUPRA, THE FOLLOWING IA'S
CONTAINED ERRORS IN THE "HEADER" PORTION: EXHIBIT (5), EXHIBIT (7),
EXHIBIT (20), EXHIBIT (26), EXHIBIT (28), EXHIBIT (35), EXHIBIT (75),
EXHIBIT (79), EXHIBIT (87), AND EXHIBIT (92).  EACH EXHIBIT WAS REVISED
TO REFLECT THE CORRECT HEADER INFORMATION AND RETRANSMITTED.  THE TEXT
OF THE IA'S WAS NOT ALTERED.

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