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(TS// //NF) On March 5, 2003, and March 6, 2003, while he was still at DETENTION SITE COBALT, KSM was subjected to nudity and sleep deprivation. On March 5, 2003, KSM was also subjected to additional rectal rehydration,[1], which  OMS,  , described as helping to "clear a person's head" and effective in getting KSM to talk.[2] On March 6, 2003,   adopted a "'softer Mr. Rogers' persona" after the interrogation team concluded that the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques had caused KSM to "clam up."[3] During this session KSM was described as "more cooperative," and the day's interrogation was deemed the "best session held to date" by the interrogation team.[4] During this period KSM fabricated information on an individual whom he described as the protector of his children.[5] That information resulted in the capture and CIA detention of two innocent individuals.[6]

2. The CIA Transfers KSM to DETENTION SITE BLUE, Anticipates Use of the Waterboard Prior to His Arrival

(TS// //NF) Within hours of KSM's capture, ALEC Station successfully argued that CIA contractors SWIGERT and DUNBAR should take over the interrogation of KSM upon KSM's arrival at DETENTION SITE BLUE.[7] On March 3, 2003, CIA Headquarters approved an interrogation plan indicating that KSM "will be subjected to immediate interrogation techniques," and that "the interrogation techniques will increase in intensity from standard to


  1.   34575  
  2. Email from:  ; to: [REDACTED]; cc: [REDACTED],  ; subject: Re: Departure; date: March 6, 2003, at 7:11:59 PM; email from:  ; to: [REDACTED]; cc:    ; subject: Re: Update; date: March 6, 2003, at 4:51:32 PM.
  3.   34573 (061751 MAR 03);   34641 (071551Z MAR 03)
  4.   34573 (061751 MAR 03);   34641 (071551Z MAR 03)
  5. In June 2004, KSM described his reporting as "all lies."   34569 (061722Z MAR 03);   1281 (130801Z JUN 04).
  6. The two individuals, Sayed Habib and Shaistah Habibullah Khan, entered CIA custody in April and July 2003 respectively, and were released in August and February 2004, respectively. (Se   5712  ; email from:  ; to:  , [REDACTED], [REDACTED]; subject: planned release of [DETENTION SITE ORANGE] detainee Syed Habib;  ; and CIA document, "Additional Details for DCIA on Sayed Habib's Arrest and Detention.") The CIA's June 2013 Response states that the detention of the two individuals "can only be considered 'wrongful' after the fact, not in the light of credible information available at the time and in a context in which plot disruption was deemed an urgent national priority." The CIA's June 2013 Response further states that KSM's reporting on March 6, 2003, was "credible" because, at the time, "[CIA] assessed that Khalid Shaykh Muhammad (KSM) had moved to a more cooperative posture as his interrogation progressed." A review of CIA records indicates that the CIA subjected KSM to the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques the following day. The use of the techniques continued until March 25, 2003, and included 183 applications of the waterboard. See   10711  .
  7. Interview of  , by [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], Office of the Inspector General, April 3, 2003. Email to:  ,  ; from:  ; cc: [REDACTED], [REDACTED],  ,  ,  ,  , [REDACTED], [REDACTED],  , [REDACTED]; subject: KSM planning; date: March 1, 2003, at 07:07:33 AM.

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