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of President Bush's September 2006 public acknowledgment of the CIA program.[1] The CIA Station, for its part, described the as a "serious blow" to the bilateral relationship.[2]
F. The Detention and Interrogation of Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh
1. Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh Provides Information While in Foreigh Government Custody, Prior to Rendition to CIA Custody
(TS// //NF) As early as September 15, 2001, Ramzi bin al-Shibh was assessed by the CIA to be a facilitator for the September 11, 2001, attacks and an associate of the 9/11 hijackers.[3] While targeting another terrorist, Hassan Ghul, Pakistani officials unexpectedly captured bin al-Shibh during raids in Pakistan on September 11, 2002.[4] On September , 2002, bin al-Shibh was rendered to a foreign government, .[5] Approximately five months later, on February , 2003, bin al-Shibh was rendered from the custody of to CIA custody, becoming the 41st CIA detainee.[6]
(TS// //NF) As with Abu Zubaydah and 'Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, personnel at CIA Headquarters—often in ALEC Station—overestimated the information bin al-Shibh would have access to within al-Qa'ida, writing that bin al-Shibh "likely has critical information on upcoming attacks and locations of senior al-Qa'ida operatives."[7] Later, after bin al-Shibh was interrogated using the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques for an estimated 34 days, the CIA's ALEC Station concluded that bin al-Shibh was not a senior member of al-Qa'ida and was not in a position to know details about al-Qa'ida's plans for future attacks.[8] In another parallel, officers at CIA Headquarters requested and directed the continued use of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques against bin al-Shibh when CIA detention site personnel recommended ending such measures.[9]
- ↑ [REDACTED] 9210 (231043Z SEP 06)
- ↑ [REDACTED] 7839 ([REDACTED]). Email from: [REDACTED]; to: [REDACTED]; subject: BOMBSHELL; date: [REDACTED]. Email from: [REDACTED]; to: [REDACTED], [REDACTED]; subject: CIA Prisons in [Country ]; date: [REDACTED]. Email from: [REDACTED]; to: [REDACTED], [REDACTED]; subject: I think [ ] had to react [REDACTED]. ; date: [REDACTED].
- ↑ ALEC (222334Z SEP 01); 92557 (15SEP 01)
- ↑ ALEC (292345Z AUG 02); ALEC (111551Z SEP 02). The CIA represented to policymakers and others—inaccurately—that "as a result of the use of EITs" Abu Zubaydah provided information on Ramzi bin al-Shibh that played a "key role in the ultimate capture of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh." See section of this summary on the "Capture of Ramzi bin al-Shibh" and Volume II for additional details.
- ↑ See 22507 ; 22508 ; 20744 .
- ↑ 10406 See also 22694 22695 10407 .
- ↑ ALEC (130206Z SEP 02); ALEC (222334Z SEP 01); 92557 (15SEP01); ALEC (270132Z JUL 02); 97470 (281317Z MAR 02)
- ↑ ALEC (302240Z JUN 05)
- ↑ ALEC (131444Z FEB 03)
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