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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents raised concerns about U.S. interrogators mistreating terror detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay during the three years after Sept. 11 but in some cases were slow to report it, an upcoming Justice Department report concludes.

Additionally, in a few isolated cases, FBI agents did not immediately withdraw when they witnessed harsh treatment of detainees who were being questioned, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the report.

..."The FBI decided it would not participate in joint interrogations of detainees with other agencies in which techniques not allowed by the FBI were used,” the report concluded, according to one law enforcement official who has seen it.

...FBI guidelines prohibit the use of brutality, physical violence, intimidation or other means of causing duress when interviewing suspects. FBI Director Robert Mueller repeatedly has said the FBI does not use coercive techniques when questioning suspects or witnesses, and he reportedly pulled his agents out of CIA or military interrogations several years ago to protect them from legal consequences