Details of the cycle of interrogations of Abu Zubaydah on August 11, 2002 (August 2002)
TOR: 120619Z AUG 02 [REDACTED] 10615
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CITE: [REDACTED] 10615
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SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - DETAILS OF 11 AUGUST 2002 CYCLE OF INTERROGATIONS OF ABU ZUBAYDAH
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1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI ONLY.
2. SUMMARY: DURING DAY EIGHT OF THE AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION PHASE, SUBJECT PROVIDED NO NEW THREAT INFORMATION REGARDING PLANNED OR FUTURE TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S. ((ABU ZUBAYDAH)) (SUBJECT) WAS INTERROGATED TWICE ON 11 AUGUST, ONCE AGAINST THE WALLING WALL, AND ONCE ON THE WATER BOARD WITH REPEATED SESSIONS. BOTH INTERROGATIONS FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON SUBJECT'S KNOWLEDGE OF FUTURE THREATS TO THE U.S. END SUMMARY.
3. DAY EIGHT OF THE AGGRESSIVE INTERROGATION PHASE COMMENCED AT 1328 HOURS LOCAL TIME, 11 AUGUST 2002 [REDACTED] AT 0300 HOURS 11 AUGUST, SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LARGE BOX BY THE SECURITY TEAM, AND SEATED ON THE FLOOR, HOODED. SUBJECT REMAINED IN THIS POSITION UNTIL 0500 HOURS, AT WHICH TIME SECURITY TEAM MOVED SUBJECT BACK IN TO THE LARGE BOX. AT 1033 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LARGE BOX; SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS SHAVED SUBJECT'S HEAD AND BEARD AND HAD SUBJECT TEND TO WOUND PER PREVIOUS PRACTICE. AT 1057 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS RETURNED TO THE LARGE BOX, [REDACTED] WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1328 HOURS WHEN THE SECURITY TEAM ENTERED, MOVED THE SMALL BOX TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROOM AND OPENED THE LARGE BOX. SUBJECT WAS HOODED, AND MOVED BY THE SECURITY TEAM TO THE WALLING WALL [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS SLOWLY PLACED THE ROLLED TOWEL/NECK SUPPORT AROUND SUBJECTS NECK, AND REMOVED THE HOOD. [REDACTED] THE ONLY WAY HE WAS GOING OUT OF THAT ROOM WAS IN THE LARGE BOX IN THE CORNER. THEY PROMPTED HIM TO TELL THEM WHAT THE BOX WAS SHAPED LIKE; HE WHISPERED. "A COFFIN." INTERROGATORS THEN SAID SUBJECT WOULD NOT BE LEAVING THE ROOM FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME, BECAUSE HE WAS IN NO IMMINENT DANGER OF DYING.
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6. SUBJECT WAS LED TO THE SMALL BOX AND WAS SHUT IN AT 1349 HOURS. THE SMALL BOX WAS MOVED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION BY THE SECURITY TEAM SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. AT 1412 HOURS SUBJECT COULD BE HEARD SOBBING, WHICH CONTINUED FOR SOME TIME. AT 1424 HOURS, SUBJECT WAS HEARD MURMURING A PRAYER, MAKING APPEAL TO GOD. (NOTE: INTERESTINGLY, SUBJECT WAS HEARD USING THE WORD "RABBI" AS OPPOSED TO THE WORD "ALLAH". GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE WORD RABBI IS TYPICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY USED BY CHRISTIANS IN THE ARAB WORLD. IT IS ALSO USED BY MOSLEMS IN SOME CASES. END OF NOTE.) DURING THE PRAYER SUBJECT WAS HEARD SAYING THAT HE HAD NOTHING AND ASKING GOD TO HELP HIM REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SMALL BOX AT [15]15 HOURS BY THE SECURITY TEAM, AND SEATED IN THE CORNER, HOODED, UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION BEGAN.
7. AT 1756 HOURS, THE SECURITY TEAM AND INTERROGATORS ENTERED THE ROOM. THE SMALL BOX WAS AGAIN MOVED OUT OF THE WAY, AND THE WATER TABLE WHEELED IN. SUBJECT'S HOOD WAS REMOVED, AND HE WAS HELPED TO HIS FEET. WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS OK, SUBJECT REPLIED THAT HE WAS COLD. THE WATER TABLE SUPPORT COLLAR WAS PLACED AROUND HIS NECK AND HEAD [REDACTED] HE WAS TOLD TO GET ON THE WATER TABLE. HE WAS LED TO THE WATER TABLE, AND CLIMBED ON TO IT SLOWLY, TREMBLING AND SHAKING. HIS BREATHING BECAME VISIBLY MORE RAPID. HE FRANTICALLY PLEADED WITH INTERROGATORS WHILE THEY WERE STRAPPING HIM ON THE BOARD, SAYING HE HAD GIVEN EVERYTHING HE KNEW. [REDACTED] INTERROGATORS APPLIED THE WATER TREATMENT (1803). [REDACTED]
TREATMENT WAS AGAIN APPLIED (1807 HOURS). [REDACTED] AS INTERROGATOR CONCLUDED AND MOVED AWAY, SUBJECT TURNED TO THE SIDE OF THE BOX, AND SLUMPED AGAINST IT, FOREHEAD FIRST. THE SECURITY TEAM CLOSED THE BOX AT 1812 HOURS, AND DEPARTED THE ROOM.
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