Jack Farr

Jack Farr
Born 1946 (age 70–71)
Nationality United States
Occupation army reserve officer
Known for illegally transported classified documents

Colonel Jack Farr was an Army officer specializing in military intelligence, who was deployed to camp Camp Delta at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.[1][2][3][4][5] USA Today reported that Farr was in charge of all interrogations, at Guantanamo.[6] The Washington Times reported "investigators hoped that by formally charging Col. Farr, they might obtain information from him about breaches of security in which he or others may have been involved."[7]

Colonel Farr was the fourth serviceman charged with violating security procedures at Guantanamo detention base.[1][2] The others were Captain James Yee, a Muslim chaplain, and Ahmed F. Mehalba, Arabic translators. Observers noted that although Farr faced similar charges to Yess, Yee spent months in solitary confinement, while Farr was not incarcerated.[8][9]

Farr was charged with "wrongfully transporting classified material without the proper security container on or around October 11", and lying to investigators.[1][2]

Because Farr did not represent a "flight risk" he was not arrested or suspended.[1][2] In contrast to Farr, Yee and Ahmad were held in solitary confinement.[10][11]

In 2009 the Senate Armed Service Committee published a report entitled "Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody".[12] That report quoted an email exchange between Farr, and Major James Rogers that described how sleep deprivation was used on subject's undergoing interrogation. The memo described how, after moving individuals from one cell to another, every half-hour, for extended periods, so that they were deprived of sleep and were disoriented, "the fun begins again..."

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Colonel Faces Gitmo Charges". CBS News. 2003-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Farr is not under arrest and has not been suspended, Loundermon said: "He didn't present a flight risk and he was not likely to engage in any further serious misconduct."
  2. 1 2 3 4 Michelle Faul (2003-11-30). "4th arrest made at Cuba base". Lakeland Ledger. p. 7. Retrieved 2015-12-01. An army intelligence officer was charged Saturday with violating security at the U.S. detention camp for terror subjects, the fourth person charged with breaches at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  3. ↑ "Officer accused of mishandling intelligence data: Colonel assigned to Guantanamo faces two charges". CNN. 2003-11-30. Retrieved 2015-12-07. Col. Jack Farr, who has been serving at Guantanamo Bay for six months on temporary assignment, was charged with one count of failing to obey a lawful order and one count of making a false official statement, according to a statement from Central Command.
  4. ↑ "US officer faces security charges". BBC News. 2003-11-29. Retrieved 2015-12-07. Colonel Jack Farr is the fourth man to be accused of security breaches at the camp, where about 660 terror suspects are detained.
  5. ↑ "Colonel Faces Gitmo Charges". CBS News. 2004-01-29. Retrieved 2015-12-09. Farr's charges have been forwarded to the base commander, who could dismiss them, refer them to a court-martial or direct a pretrial investigation.
  6. ↑ Laura Parker (2004-05-16). "The ordeal of Chaplain Yee". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-12-09. Army Col. Jack Farr, 58, head of Guantanamo's prisoner interrogation unit, was arrested Oct. 11 and charged with mishandling intelligence and lying to investigators.
  7. ↑ "Guantanamo probe snares Army colonel". Washington Times. 2003-11-30. Retrieved 2015-12-07. A U.S. Army intelligence officer charged yesterday with violating security measures at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was caught with "significant amounts of classified information" when his tour ended at the detention camp, a source close to the investigation has told The Washington Times.
  8. ↑ Christopher Brauchli (2004-03-30). "Pentagon Was Determined To Convict "Guantanamo Spy" Of Something, Anything". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2015-12-07. Col. Farr was not placed in solitary confinement. According to an Associated Press report he was permitted to continue on duty while his case was being investigated.
  9. ↑ Jake Tapper (2004-04-21). "Gitmo Chaplain Ordered to Keep Silent?". ABC News. Retrieved 2015-12-07. In February, Yee's father — World War II veteran Joseph Yee, 76 — suggested that the differences between how Farr and his son were treated stemmed from "ethnic and religious profiling."
  10. ↑ James Yee, Aimee Molloy (2005). For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire. Public Affairs Publishing. ISBN 9781586483692. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  11. ↑ Erik Saar, Viveca Novak (2005). "Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo". Penguin Press. ISBN 9781594200663. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  12. ↑ Senate Armed Services Committee (2009). "Inquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-09.


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