Saar, 29, did not provide the manuscript, but he did confirm the authenticity of nine draft pages obtained by The A. He asked that his hometown remain private so he would not be harassed. The manuscript is classified as secret pending a Pentagon review for a book Mr. Saar is writing about the military's use of women as part of tougher physical and psychological interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects.
In another case, Mr. Saar's manuscript describes a military woman interrogating an uncooperative year-old Saudi detainee. The interrogator wanted to "break him," according to Mr. Saar's manuscript, adding that the woman removed her uniform top to expose a tight-fitting T-shirt. She began taunting the detainee, the manuscript says, touching her breasts, rubbing them against the prisoner's back and commenting on his apparent erection.
When asked how she could break the prisoner, a Muslim linguist told the woman to tell him she was menstruating, then to touch him and to turn off the water in his cell so he could not wash. Events described in the manuscript were similar to previous reports of interrogation tactics, but it was not possible to verify Mr. Saar's account independently. He would not say how many of the interrogators were women. Log In.
