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FOilENSIC PSYCH lA TRY
March 24, 2005
Stephen H. Oleskey, Esq.
DARYL B. MATTHN/S, M.D., PH.D.
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FAX: 808-356-0793 EMAIL: [email protected]
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109
Re: Saber Lahmar
Dear Mr. Oleskey:
DtPl.OMAT! IN PSYOiiATM.YANO F~NStC PS'YC:HiATilY, AMEP.ICAN BOAAD Of
PSY<HIA'IltY AND NIU IOLOGY
You have asked me to provide you with assistance in evaluating Mr. Lahmar's mental health situation in view of his ongoing detention at the United States Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. You have expressed concern about his mental condition, yet you have been unable to secure an independent mental health evaluation. Because of this inability, my colleagues and I at the University of Hawaii Forensic Psychiatry Program, with the assistance of Anita Schlank, Ph.D .• have developed an attorney/translator-administered questionnaire which we believe to be appropriate for the proxy assessment of individuals in confinement without access to mental health evaluation. My qualifications for conducting such an assessment are outlined in the enclosed c.v.
The findings presented below are derived from attorney/translator administration of this questionnaire, interpreted by Dr. Schlank and me. This is not, however, to be considered a substitute for a full psychiatric or psychological evaluation and the opinions are limited as there was no personal examination.
Findings and Opinions
Mr. Lahmar endorsed sufficient symptoms to suggest that he may meet full criteria for a diagnosis of a Major Depressive Episode. These symptoms included decrease in appetite, loss of energy, insomnia,psychomotor retardation or agitation, dysphoric mood and hopelessness about the future.
Mr. Lahrnar also endorsed symptoms suggestive of Acute Stress Disorder or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. These symptoms included irritability, difficulty CQncentrating, feeling of detachment from others, numbing, difficulty falling o~ staying asleep, and intrusive distressing recollections of traumatic
eventts/images.
Mr. Lahmar reported being subjected to being kicked in the head, forced isolation, ----· .~-
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It should be noted that the manner in which Mr. Lahmar responded to the questions suggested that it was likely he was reporting accurately. He did not show the over-endorsement of symptoms or experiences that might be seen in a person who is malingering. (For example, he did not claim to have witnessed murder, given elecdtric shock, or to have been threatened with execution, and did not claim all symptoms that might appear to be related to depression or trauma
responses.)
In my opinion Mr. Lahmar, is likely to suffer continuing and exacerbated symptoms if he is not removed from the stressors described.
Please let me know if you would like clarification of these findings.
Sincerely,
~~~0~ D~l M;tti\rws, M.D., Ph.D. ·
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UNCLASSI·FIED. March 31, 2005 ~saoJJ!I)AmaJ.RmowBooni("ARB"or"Boord")Sa!nni'"iMoabehllfofM.......SNalll by hill Anonloyl Stephoa H. Olelby, Rabert C. Kinch, DouJ1a1 Cudia ood Meliaa A. Hoffor Wilmer Culler l'ickedDI HUe oodDmr LLP :a-, MA 02109
( ~) The fiM:t that MC811'8. Boumcdiene, Boudolla, Ail Idir 8lld Nechla also rapeatedly freely aclalowledged- in intmoptiona aDd in their CSRT testimony- that they shared a social frieodsbip CIICIJIID&ed intmopton to characterize them u."known auocialca." But without the centelpieco el.emcat, the succesaf.\U "miear Campai.IID" run by Mr. I.abmar's mnbittered 8lld self-~ (see below) ax brother-iii-law, what ia left of the ''GIA cell" aDd the "terrorist COIIIpincy" of the six, ia little mma tlwJ. alumdf.\U of llllllried lllllll, gaiDfully emplo:yed in humaDituian aid work, all Algeri111 ax-patriots living in Bomia, four of whom often aocialized on weekend•.
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11.._\fH Tbro~!lhHamad's attorney in Boania, coUDSel recently obtained a copy of along, nmbliDg haDdwritlen letter that Hamad lllllll from ~non July 26,2004 to U.S. ~then SFOR Conmumc!CII' in Bosnia.13 A copy of this letter and 111 English u-Jati.on of the lellCII' are attsched ki the Joint Appendix at Exhibit M.
( lA ) 1be letter by Hllllllld app:U~ earliCII' QODliDf'!!lts or comnnmications to Hamad which he attributes to b 6 or his aides. The letter begins with a remarkable lldmisaion: "I know that you no to what I have publicly stated about AI Qaeda and ill in Federation ofBiH ... I spoke about that with invesligaton from tho FBI on 8lld wo are still in touch." Hamad complains in tho lollCII' that no to supect tbe honesty of my alleptions 8lld accusations," 8lld ''not right when you think that I only lio, that I do not speak truth and that I only try to got myself out of prison by this."
( fJ) It is plain from the taxt of Hamad'sletter that (1) he ia incensed that Genenl ~ SFOR no longer believe his "detailed data" conceming Muslim mujllhedin activities in Bosnia from 1992 onwud; (2) Hllllllld has been 111 informmt for tbe FBI and "domeltic and internation81 invostiptorl" in Boaiia for years in along lltlnding but UJISIICCOIII1bl effort to buy his way out of prison in axcbao&o for all the infimnation be can supply; and (3) he is deeply upaet that ''the bo.-ty of my allegations that AI Q-ta wu COIIIleCted with many Islamic humanitsrian orpniz•tions wl1ich ware onpaed in Bosnia durin& and after the war, UJJdar the lead oftbe lfigb Saudi Committee for Relief'
13( ~) Tbll~il!!!ldrpllocho"ReepoctcdMr. Q•iiii •orofSPOR.Gelloni(Wl:i ~Major ~(h}i6\ __ j_llllllld SPOR.., .,.,_ Ia. Bo1ai1 011 0c1o11.- 2 2 ielved illlbol ~ 1111111 Ocloll.- '· 2004, .... bo Wll ropJ.cocl by Briptier a...ra1 ~b)(Eb I SFOR. illelf - nplocod ODo-mbor 2, 2004 by UPOR..
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Mla:h 31, .zoos •• & lGbaollte91ew a-d ("AJIBM or "JJaann1 s.' 4•im oa bobllf oflladj BD d1U1 by Ilia AllaniByl Slopllm H. Ollllley, 1IAIMit C. Elncll. Doq1a1 Clldil, ad Mll1ila A. Holler WUa. CIIIIDr PiobriDa Bale IIIII Dan UP 11-, MA 02109
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{ '- ) Tbe filet that Maim. Boumedieae, BoudeDa, Ait Idir aDd Nechla also repeatedly tieely IICimowl.eclpcl- in inteavptiou llld ill their CSRT lelltimony- that they &baRd a
. IIJCiall!:jmdlhip mcourapd iuteuoptms to c:blnctllriDI them • "!mown IIIIOCiates." But witbouttbo CCIIkllpi- elemeat, tile -.thl"lllllllf cmnpaign "nm by Mr. blnnv's embiUerod m:IIOif-iDtttutod <-below) ex lmltlJ..in-law, what is left of the "GGA cell " IIDd the "lliiMilt CIIIIIJiincy'' oftbo lilt; is little DIGRI dum a baadfu1 of mmied -. piDfblly employ8d in lnlmlaitlriaa lid work, an Algerian ex-patriots IMns in Bonia, fbur ofwllam oftan aociali....t on weeJrtmds.
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attomoy ill Bonia, COIIDMl reca1y obtained a copy of a laa& 1:1111-ttan letter that IUmld IGfi:vm ~ OD July 26, 2004 to U.S. o.mib)(6[ ~then SFOR. Conan .... in Bonia 14 A copy oftiWiletter 111111 an Enalillll--·~011 ot the lett« - attached to tbo .Joint Appandix at Bxhibit M.
(II) The lett« by Hllmad llll:m Uv ::......!• ,o earlier commellll or conm•nnicaliona to lllmld, which buttn'lmtes _1)}(6)__ )or bis lidu. Tbe letter begilll witb a mnadrah\e ac!miuion· "'bow you DOt tru.t to what I haft publicly .atec1 about AJ Qaeda 111111 Its enp..,..,. inFedcnlion ofBiH .. .I lpOb about that with IDveftpton fiom the PBI on HVIftl acclliobslllld we are atiD in toucb." ~ c:omplaiDa in the
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