“Q. Special Agent, as I understand it, you were the lead agent in March of 2006 to investigate the Haditha matteron behalf of NCIS in Iraq?
A. Right. I was the on-scene supervisor for the contingent of investigators that went in to Haditha. “
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“Q. So in April, you weren’t the supervising agent anymore?
A. I was a supervisor. In April, well, the first part of April, yes. But as this investigation became a very large investigation spanning worldwide in some ways, we formed — a task force was formed. It was the Iraq Criminal Investigative Task Force.
At that point, the Deputy Assistant Director of Investigations came in, and I was subordinate to him. I continued to function until September 13 as one of the supervisors affiliated with the investigation.”
Yes, and Mannle became the lead agent in April. (Or co-lead agent, if you want to be picky, though the major responsibilities were hers.)
The major point here is that SA Mannle knew full well that SA Maloney had a tape recorder. There is a NCIS policy against taping interviews. Period.
Instead of making a straightforward statement, she tried to muddy the waters, under oath, in a murder hearing.