Details regarding the cycle of interrogations of Abu Zubaydah on August 5, 2002 (August 2002)

Aug 02

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SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - DETAILS RE 05 AUGUST 02 CYCLE OF INTERROGATIONS OF ABU ZUBAYDAH

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2. [REDACTED] HQS HAS APPROVAL AND PER [REDACTED] CONCURRENCE, 5 AUGUST 2002 INTERROGATION CYCLE COMMENCED AT 1012 HOURS. [REDACTED] TEAM DISCUSSED STRATEGY FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE DAY. MEDICAL STAFF PROVIDED GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT IC SERE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND [REDACTED] TEAM MEMBERS SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR TO HELP ASSESS ABU ZUBAYDAH (SUBJECT)'S GENERAL CONDITION IN THE COURSE OF INTERROGATIONS. IC SERE PSYCHOLOGISTS WILL BE REFERRED TO AS "INTERROGATORS" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CABLE.

3. SUBJECT SPENT THE PREVIOUS EVENING IN THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX. [REDACTED] SUBJECT HAS ADAPTED TO THE LARGE BOX BUT NONETHELESS, MEDICAL TEAM ON SITE REPORTED THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT SUBJECT HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 10-20 MINUTES OF SLEEP. AT 1012 HOURS SECURITY TEAM AND INTERROGATORS ENTERED THE CELL AND SUBJECT WAS TOLD TO STAND AND FACE THE DOOR. SUBJECT WAS LED TO THE "WALLING" WALL AT WHICH TIME A ROLLED TOWEL WAS PLACED BEHIND SUBJECT'S NECK. SUBJECT WAS ASKED WHAT HE REMEMBERED ABOUT [OPE]RATIONS IN THE U.S. FOLLOWING HIS TIME IN THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX. WHEN SUBJECT DID NOT RESPOND HE WAS ASKED WHAT IT WAS THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER. [REDACTED]

4. AT 1235 HOURS THE GUARDS AND INTERROGATORS ENTERED THE CELL AND SUBJECT CAME OUT THE SMALL CONFINEMENT BOX AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE WALL. SUBJECT APPEARED TO SHOWS [SIC] SIGNS OF DISTRESS IN THE SMALL BOX AFTER A PERIOD OF ONE HOUR. THE WATER BOARD WAS PARTIALLY IN SUBJECT'S VIEW WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE "WALLING" WALL THIS SESSION. THE INITIAL SIGHT OF THE WATER BOARD PROVOKED AN OBVIOUS NEGATIVE REACTION IN SUBJECT. [REDACTED] SUBJECT WAS TOLD THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB ON THE WATER BOARD THEN [SIC] AT THE WALL. AT 1254 HOURS THE WATER BOARD WAS BROUGHT INTO THE CELL. WHILE LYING ON THE WATER BOARD AND WITHOUT ANY APPLICATION OF WATER [REDACTED]

5. INTERROGATORS RETURNED TO THE CELL AT 1320 HOURS AND TRANSITIONED INTO A MODE OF QUESTIONING ON THE "REAL OPERATION PLANNED AGAINST THE U.S." THE WATER BOARD TREATMENT  BEGAN AT 1323 HOURS. AT 1329 HOURS INTERROGATORS LEFT THE CELL AND TOLD SUBJECT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT INFORMATION SUBJECT HAD NOT TOLD HIS EARLIER INTERROGATORS. SUBJECT REMAINED ON THE WATER BOARD. [REDACTED]

6. AT 1408 HOURS INTERROGATORS RETURNED TO THE CELL AND BEGAN THE WATER BOARD TECHNIQUE WITHOUT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. SUBJECT [ILLEGIBLE]PED AND SPIT UP WATER BUT HE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION. AT [ILLEGIBLE]20 HOURS SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OFF THE WATER BOARD AND HANCUFFED TO A WHITE PLASTIC PATIO CHAIR; WHICH IN THE PAST HAD CAUSED HIM GREAT DISCOMFORT. A COLLECTIVE DECISION WAS MADE TO RANDOMIZE THE ENTIRE RANGE OF TECHNIQUES TO APPLY AGAINST SUBJECT IN ORDER TO DISLOCATE HIS EXPECTATIONS, RATHER THAN TO ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE LINE OF QUESTIONING, WHICH FROM THE BEGINNING, WAS NARROWLY FOCUSED AND SOLELY DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH WHAT SUBJECT KNOWS ABOUT OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. PER HQS GUIDANCE.

7. AT 1447 HOURS SECURITY TEAM AND INTERROGATOR ENTERED THE CELL. SUBJECT WAS BROUGHT TO THE WALL, A ROLLED TOWEL WAS PLACED BEHIND SUBJECT'S NECK AND AN ATTENTION GRAB WAS PERFORMED [REDACTED] AT 1500 HOURS SUBJECT ENTERED THE SMALL CONFINEMENT BOX [REDACTED]

8. AT 1611 HOURS SECURITY TEAM WENT INTO THE CELL, REMOVED SUBJECT FROM THE SMALL BOX, HOODED HIM AND THEN PLACED HIM AT THE "WALLING" WALL. AN INTERROGATOR ENTERED THE ROOM AND WITHOUT SPEAKING FORCEFULLY WALLED SUBJECT INTERMITTENTLY FOR 1 MINUTE. AT 1616 HOURS SUBJECT WHILE STILL HOODED WAS PUT IN A STRESS POSITION. SUBJECT WAS SEATED ON THE FLOOR WITH LEGS EXTENDED AND ARMS OVER HIS HEAD. SUBJECT'S HANDS WERE SHACKLED AND HIS LEGS WERE ANCHORED TO THE BARS OF THE CELL. SUBJECT HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY WITH THIS POSITION AND AT 1706 HOUR SUBJECT WAS MOVED BACK INTO THE SMALL CONFINEMENT BOX. AT NO TIME IN THIS PROCESS DID SUBJECT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION. AT 1823 HOURS SUBJECT WAS MOVED FROM THE SMALL BOX TO THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX.

9. AT 2005 HOURS SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX. HE WAS HOODED AND IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDED TO THE WATER BOARD. SUBJECT'S HOOD WAS REMOVED AND INTERROGATORS WAITED FOR SUBJECT TO VOLUNTEER INFORMATION [REDACTED] IN THE COURSE OF THIS ROUND IN THE WATER BOARD SUBJECT VOMITED, AFTER WHICH SUBJECT WAS MOVED FROM THE WATER BOARD AND PLACE [SIC] IN A STRESS POSITION ON THE FLOOR. AT 2119 HOURS SUBJECT WAS SEATED ON THE FLOOR WITH LEGS EXTENDED AND ARMS OVER HIS HEAD. INTERROGATORS CONTINUED QUESTIONING SUBJECT. AT 2125 HOURS SUBJECT WAS THEN MOVED INTO THE SMALL BOX.

10. AT 2205 HOURS SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SMALL BOX AND WAS MOVED ONTO THE WALL. SUBJECT WAS GIVEN A BRIDGE AS HE WAS OUT INTO THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX. THE ESSENCE OF THE BRIDGE WAS THAT THERE THAT THERE [SIC] WAS SOMETHING HE DID NOT WANT US TO KNOW AND THAT WHEN WE OPENED THE DOOR NEXT TIME, SUBJECT IS GOING TO TELL US WHAT THAT WAS. SUBJECT WAS PUT IN THE LARGE BOX AT 2207 HOURS.

11. CURRENT STATUS: SUBJECT HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY NEW THREAT INFORMATION OR ELABORATED ON ANY OLD THREAT INFORMATION. [REDACTED] TEAM ASSESSES THAT, SINCE THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD, THERE HAS BEEN A NOTICEABLE SHIFT IN THE SUBJECT'S BEHAVIOR. SUBJECT HAS BECOME MORE [COM]PLIANT AND HIS PREVIOUS PERSISTENT PROTESTATIONS HAVE BECOME PERSISTENT DENIALS. BASED ON THE LAST SESSION, HOWEVER, THERE STILL APPEARS [SIC] TO BE AREAS THAT SUBJECT IS WITHHOLDING INFORMATION ON -- WE HAVE NOT PINPOINTED WHAT THOSE AREAS ARE. SUBJECT'S MEDICAL CONDITION IS STABLE.

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12. PLANS: SUBJECT WILL REMAIN IN THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX WITH HIS SLEEP DISRUPTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT UNTIL INTERROGATIONS [RE]SUME MORNING OF 6 AUGUST O2. THIS IS TO ALLOW SUBJECT A CHANCE TO [CON]SUME ENSURE AND FLUIDS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE INTERROGATION PROCESS.

13. REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION: CONSISTENT WITH THE TWO HOUR TIME LIMIT ON THE SMALL CONFINEMENT BOX, UNLESS OTHERWISE ADVISED WE WILL PRESUME THAT SUBJECT CANNOT SPEND MORE THAN 18 HOURS IN THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX AT ONE TIME.

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