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(TS// //NF) On the afternoon of March 17, 2003, and into the morning of March 18, 2003, , OMS, exchanged emails with the medical officer at DETENTION SITE BLUE on the waterboarding of KSM. According to , the waterboard interrogation technique had "moved even further from the SERE mode."[1] also wrote:
"Truthfully, though, I don't recall that the WB [waterboard] produced anything actionable in AZ [Abu Zubaydah] any earlier than another technique might have. This may be different with KSM, but that is still as much a statement of faith as anything else – since we don't seem to study the question as we go... It's been many more days of constant WB repetitions, with the evidence of progress through most of them not being actionable intel but rather than 'he looks like he's weakening.' The WB may actually be the best; just don't like to base it on religion."[2]
(TS// //NF) On March 18, 2003, KSM was confronted with the reporting of Majid Khan, who was then in the custody of a foreign government,[3] regarding plotting against gas stations inside the United States, information that KSM had not previously disclosed. In assessing the session, DETENTION SITE BLUE personnel noted that "KSM will selectively lie, provide partial truths, and misdirect when he believes he will not be found out and held accountable." On the other hand, they wrote that "KSM appears more inclined to make accurate
- ↑ Email to: [REDACTED]; from: ; subject: Re: Medical limitations of WB -draft thoughts; date: March 17, 2003, at 01:11:35 PM.
- ↑ Email from: ; to: [REDACTED]; cc: ; subject: Oct 18; date: March 18, 2003, at 10:52:03 AM.
- ↑ Majid Khan, who was arrested on March 5, 2003, provided extensive information prior to being rendered to CIA custody. This included information on Iyman Faris, Uzhair (Paracha) and his father, Aafia Sidiqqi, his transfer of al-Qa'ida funds to a Bangkok-based Zubair, and his discussions with KSM regarding various proposed plots. Majid Khan also provided assistance to the CIA in its efforts to locate Ammar al-Baluchi, including through Abu Talha al-Pakistani. (See 13697 (080730Z MAR 03); 13731 ; 13765 ; 44244 (161423Z APR 03); 44684 (250633Z APR 03); 13678 (070724Z MAR 03); 13785 ; 13908 (260251Z MAR 03); 13826 (190715Z MAR 03); 13833 (200454Z MAR 03); 13890 ; 13686 (071322Z MAR 03); 13932 (271244Z MAR 03); 13710 (081218Z MAR 03).) After being rendered to CIA custody, Majid Khan was subjected by the CIA to sleep deprivation, nudity, and dietary manipulation, and may have been subjected to an ice water bath. (See 39077 (271719Z MAY 03); 39099 (281101Z MAY 03); , Briefing for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, March 14, 2008; 41772 (121230Z JUL 03); 42025 ; email from: ; to: , [REDACTED], , and ; subject: "Re: i hoope the approvals for enhanced comes through quickly for this guy... this does not look good"; date: June 30, 2003.) A June 2006 CIA email stated that Majid Khan said he "fabricated a lot of his early [CIA] interrogation reporting to stop... what he called 'torture.'" According to the email, Khan stated that he was "hung up" for approximately one day in a sleep deprived position and that he provided "everything they wanted to hear to get out of the situation." (See email from: [REDACTED]; to: , COB, , [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], ; subject: : request for prozac; date: June 16, 2006.) As detailed in this summary and in more detail in Volume II, the CIA inacurrately attributed information provided by Majid Khan in foreign government custody to the CIA interrogations of KSM.
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