Details of the cycle of interrogations of Abu Zubaydah on August 12, 2002 (August 2002)

TOR: 121448Z AUG 02 [REDACTED] 10618

121444Z AUG 02 [REDACTED]

CITE [REDACTED] 10618

SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - DETAILS OF 12 AUGUST 2002 CYCLE OF INTERROGATIONS OF ABU ZUBAYDAH

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1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI ONLY.

2. SUMMARY: DURING DAY NINE OF THE AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION PHASE, SUBJECT PROVIDED NO NEW THREAT INFORMATION REGARDING PLANNED OR FUTURE TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S. SUBJECT WAS INTERROGATED TWICE ON 12 AUGUST, BOTH TIMES ON THE WATER BOARD. [REDACTED]

3. DAY NINE OF THE AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION PHASE COMMENCED AT 1101 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 12 AUGUST 2002. [REDACTED] AT 1922 HOURS 11 AUGUST ((ABU ZUBAYDAH)) (SUBJECT) WAS MOVED FR0M THE LARGE BOX BY THE SECURITY TEAM. HIS WOUND WAS CLEANED AND WATER/ENSURE WAS REPLACED. SUBJECT WAS RETURNED TO THE LARGE BOX BY THE SECURITY TEAM AT 1930 HOURS. AT 0500 HOURS 12 AUGUST, SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LARGE BOX BY THE SECURITY TEAM [REDACTED] AND SEATED ON THE FLOOR. SUBJECT WAS HOODED AT 0630 HOURS, SECURITY TEAM STOOD SUBJECT UP SO THAT HIS WOUND COULD BE INSPECTED. SUBJECT WAS THEN RE-SEATED ON THE FLOOR, STILL HOODED. AT 0700 HOURS. SECURITY TEAM RETURNED SUBJECT TO THE LARGE BOX, WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1101 HOURS. AT THIS TIME, SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS ENTERED THE ROOM, UNLOCKED THE LARGE BOX AND WHEELED IN THE WATER BOARD. SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BOX BY SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS AND INTERROGATOR PLACED THE WATER BOARD COLLAR AROUND HIS NECK. THE ROLLED TOWEL/NECK SUPPORT WAS PLACED AROUND SUBJECT'S NECK BY THE INTERROGATOR, AND HE WAS MOVED TO STAND NEXT TO THE WATER BOARD [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS STOOD SILENTLY BY SUBJECT FOR A MOMENT. SUBJECT AT ONE POINT SWAYED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, BUT RIGHTED HIMSELF WITH NO ASSISTANCE; HE SAID NOTHING [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS LED TO THE WATER TABLE AND MADE TO SIT ON ITS EDGE. SUBJECT WAS TOLD TO LIE ON THE WATER BOARD AND DID SO SLOWLY.

4. INTERROGATORS STRAPPED SUBJECT TO THE WATER BOARD [REDACTED] THE FIRST WATER TREATMENT WAS APPLIED AT 1125. [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS LEFT ON THE WATER BOARD EYES COVERED [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS RETURNED TO THE ROOM AT 1156 HOURS [REDACTED] WATER TREATMENT WAS APPLIED AT 1157 HOURS. SUBJECT CONTINUED WITH HIS DENIALS, AND ANOTHER WATER TREATMENT WAS APPLIED AT 1158 HOURS, SUBJECT DENIALS PERSISTED AS INTERROGATORS INSISTED SUBJECT KNEW MORE THAN HE WAS TELLING THEM. ANOTHER WATER TREATMENT WAS APPLIED AT 1159 HOURS [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS RELEASED FROM THE WATER BOARD AND TOLD TO GET UP. SUBJECT WAS TOLD NOT TO WASTE HIS TIME WHILE THINKING. SUBJECT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PUT IN TO THE LARGE BOX AT 1203 HOURS. SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS CLEANED HIS WOUND AREA, ADJUSTED HIS HANDCUFFS AND LOCKED THE DOOR.

5. AT 1230 HOURS SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OUT OF LARGE BOX, AND HIS WOUND CLEANED. AT 1345 HOURS SUBJECT WAS SEATED ON THE FLOOR, HOODED. AT 1545 HOURS SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS HAD SUBJECT STAND AGAINST THE WALL. AT 1615 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS AGAIN SEATED ON THE FLOOR. AT 1632 HOURS, THE SECURITY TEAM ENTERED, AND BROUGHT IN THE WATER BOARD[.] SUBJECT WAS RAISED FROM THE FLOOR, AND HIS HOOD REMOVED. UPON SEEING THE WATER BOARD SUBJECT LOOKED AT INTERROGATORS, SLOWLY WALKED FORWARD OF HIS OWN ACCORD TO THE SIDE OF THE WATER BOARD AND WAITED FOR THE INTERROGATOR TO PLACE THE COLLAR AROUND HIS NECK. SUBJECT LAID HIMSELF DOWN ON THE WATER BOARD SHAKING [REDACTED] WATER TREATMENT WAS APPLIED AT 1707 HOURS. [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS COVERED SUBJECT'S EYES WITH THE CLOTH. [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS DEPARTED THE ROOM AT 1709. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER SUBJECT BEGAN TO VOMIT. INTERROGATORS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE ROOM, PARTIALLY UNSTRAPPED SUBJECT AND RAISED HIM TO A SITTING POSITION SO THAT HE COULD CLEAR HIS AIRWAY. [REDACTED] AT 1714 SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OFF THE WATER BOARD AND HOODED. AT 1715 SECURITY TEAM MOVED SUBJECT TO SIT ON THE FLOOR AND INITIATED THE WHITE NOISE. SUBJECT WAS MOVED IN TO THE LARGE BOX BY THE SECURITY TEAM AT 1738 HOURS. [REDACTED]

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