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OF ABU ZUBAYDAH

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1. ACTION REQUIRED:
PLEASE ENSURE THAT SUBSTANTIVE PORTIONS
OF INFORMATI9N' BELOW ARE SHARED WITH FBI HQS MARJ.<ED" ATTENTION~ r::=J

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2 • DAY THREE OF THE ENHANCED INTERROGATION PHASE COMMENCED AT
1042 HOURS.
ABU ZUBAYDAH (SUBJECT) SPENT TRB PREVIOUS EVENING IN THE
LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX.
PER THE CURRENT INTERROGATION STRATEGY
SUBJECT'S SLEEP CONTINUES TO BE DISRUPTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT,
AT
1042 HOURS THE GUARDS AND IC SERE PSYCHOLOGISTS (INTERROGATORS)
ENTERED THE CEt.L AND SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OUT bF THE IJ\RGE BOX, AS
DISCUSSED DURING THE 0900 HOURS STAFF MEETING,
ITEAM MEMBERS
IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MEDICAt. STAFF CRAFTED A SCENARIO IN WHICH
SUBJECT COULD Ct.EAN HIS EXPOSED WOUND WITHOUT DISRUPTING THB
FYI: AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED., SUBJECT'S
INTERROGATION PROCESS.
BANDAGE CAME COMPLETELY OFF WITHIN THE FIRST 4 HOURS OF THE ENHANCED
PHASE OF INTERROGATION.
THE . GUARDS SWAPPED OUT SUBJECT 1 S WRIST
SHACKLES, FOR A CLEAN PAIR, SINCE THEY OCCASIONALLY COME INTO CONTACT
WITH THE EXPOSED WOuND.
SUBJECT WAS BROUGHT TO. THE 11 WALLING 11 WALL.

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A ROLLED TOWEL WAS PLACED BEHIND SUBJECT'S NECK. WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS
THE ONE THING SUBJECT DID NOT WANT US TO KNOW, SUBJECT DENIED HE WAS
WITHHOLDING ANY INFORMATION.
SUBJECT RECEIVED AN INSULT SLAP.
SUBJECT ·WAS "WALLED" WHEN HE DENIED HAVING ANY INFORMATION TO STOP
OPERATIONS AGAINST THE U.S.

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THE INTERROGATORS

DEMANDED

THAT SUBJECT

CLEAN

HIS WOUND

AS

THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN GETTING ANY EXUDATE FROM HIS WOUND OR ANY
OTHER OF HIS BODILY FUNCTIONS ON OR NEAR THEM.
SUBJECT WAS PROVIDED
6 GAUZE PADS SOAKED IN BETADINE SOLUTION AND WAS TOLD IN A FIRM AND
PERFUNCTORY MANNER THAT HE ONLY HAD A FEW MINUTES TO TAKE CARB OF
HIMSELF,
SUBJECT WAS TOLD THE PEOPLE WHO WERE FORMERLY TAKING CARE
OF HIM HAD LEFT THE PREMISES AND THAT SUBJECT· WAS TO GET THE JQB DONE
AND NOT WASTE THE INTERROGATORS TIME, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS
BRIEF INTERLUDE, SUBJECT WAS WALLED WITH THE QUESTION, "WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU DO NOT WANT US TO KNOW?" SUBJECT CONTINUED TO DENY THAT HB
HAD ANY INFORMATION.
AT 1110 HOURS THE INTERROGATOR WALKED SUBJECT
INTO THE LARGE CONFINEMENT BOX AND PERFORMED AN ATTENTION GRAB.
SUBJECT WAS BRIDGED INTO 'i'HE BOX WITH THE FOLLOWING PHRASE:
WHAT
INFORMATION DID SUBJECT HAVE AT THl!: TIMB OF HIS ARREST WHICH WOULD
STOP OPERATIONS.

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AT 113 0 HOURS SUBJECT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE LARGE CONFINEMENT ;
BOX AND HOODED. HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE •WALLING" WALL AND IN AN
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EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO DISLOCATE HIS EXPECTATIONS SUBJECT WAS LEFT
STANDING HOODED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE GUARDS UNTIL 1209 HOURS. AT
THAT TIME THE SECURITY TEAM MOVED SUBJECT BACK TO THE LARGE BOX,
REMOVED THE HOOD, POINTED TO HIS WASTE BUCKET AND PLACED HIM BACK IN
THE BOX.
'I'HB SECURITY TEAM HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED WITH THIS MOTION IN
AN ATTEMPT TO GET SUBJECT TO RELIEVE HIS BLADDER,

5. AT 1246 HOURS THE INTERROGATORS BROUQHT THE WATER BOARD INTO
THE CELL.
THE LARGE BOX WAS OPENED AND SUBJECT WAS HOODED.
SUBJECT!S HOOD WAS REMOVBD AND SUBJECT MOVED ONTO THE WATER BOARD
WITH NO RESISTANCE.
SUBJECT BEGAN CRYING AS HE WAS TOLD THAT WE
WAN'l'lm INFORMATION TO STOP OPERATIONS AGAINST THE U.• S. SUBJECT WAS
TOLD THAT HE COULD STOP THE PROCESS AT ANY 'l'IMB.
SUBJECT CONTINtmD
WITH HIS AP BAL
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AND 131 THE WATER BOARD
~~l"'i'Fi''i'ffi'irl.riASirO'"'iAP['ffili'f.'i"I.EDi>n'"'iNUMBROUS TIMES. SUBJECT WAS PUT lNTO THE LARGE
BOX AT 1317 AND TAKEN BACK OUT AT 1321 HOURS AND PLACIID ON THE WATER
BOARD IN A SITTING POSITION. SUBJECT APPEARED DESPONDENT AND SAT
HUNCHED OVER AT THE .END OF THE BOARD AND CRIBD IN AN APPARENTLY
SUBJECT C NTI
AY THAT AFTER HE HAD PRAYED
GENUINE FASHION.
HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH IN
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AT 1629 HOURS, THE TEAM ENTERED THE CELL AND OPENED THE BOX.
THE INTERROGATOR GAVE THE SAME BRIDGE WHICH SUBJECT WAS LEFT WITH
WHEN HE WAS PUT IN THE BOX REGARDING OPERATIONS AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES AND WHAT INFORMATION HE HELD BACK FROM THE PREVIOUS
INTERROGATORS. SUBJECT HAD NO RESPONSE, AND ·WAS LED FROM THE ·BOX TO
THE WATER BOARD AND AGAIN ASKED THE BRIDGE.
SUBJECT STARTED CRYING
AND CLAIMED HE HAD GIVEN US EVERYTHING.
SUBJECT WAS INFORMED HE
NEEDED TO START GIVING NEW INFORMATION IN ORDER TO STOP THE WATER
TREATMENT; HE WAS WARNED NOT TO MANUFACTURE INFORMATION. I
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AFTER THREE DAYS OF THE AGGRESSIVE
INTERROGATION PHASE, SUBJECT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY NEW
INFORMATION REGARDING IMMINENT THREATS OR ATTACKS AGAINST THE US. AT
THE RISK OF STATING THE-OBVIOUS~ THERE ARE POTENTIALLY TNO REASONS
StmJECT l<NOWINGt.Y
FOR HIS FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION: (A)
POSSESSES ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND CONTINUES TO
CONCEAL THIS INFORMATION DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF THE
INTERROGATION PROCESS OR. {B) SUBJECT HAS NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION DIRECTLY RELATED TO THREATS/ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED
STATES, BEYOND THAT WHICH HE HAS ALREADY PROVIDED, BUT MAY BE
WITHHOLDING INFORMATION RELATED TO PAST OPERATIONS AND/OR ACTIVITIES
NFI. WISH TO UNDERSCORE THAT IN THE OPINION OF!
MEMBERS
IT IS PREMATURE IN THE NEW INTERROGATION PHASE TO ADEQUATELY DISCERN
WHICH RATIONALE (ITEM A OR B) IS THE CORRECT REASON FOR THE LACK OF
NEW INFORMATION.

ITEAM

SUBJECT'S MEDICAL COND~TION IS STILL STABLE GIVEN THE PRESENT
CIRCUMSTANCES.

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9 • PLANS: SUBJECT WILL REMAIN IN THE LARGE CONFINEMBN'l' BOX
WITH HIS SLEEP DISRUPTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT UNTIL INTERROGATIONS
RESUME MORNING OF []AUGUST 02 • THIS IS TO ALLOW SUBJECT A CHANCE TO
CONSUME ENSURE AND FLUIDS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE INTERROGATION
PROCESS.

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