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that at least 21 additional individuals, or a total of 26 of the 119 (22 percent) CIA detainees identified in this Study, did not meet the MON standard for detention.[1] This is a conservative calculation and includes only CIA detainees whom the CIA itself determined did not meet the standard for detention. It does not include individuals about whom there was internal disagreement within the CIA over whether the detainee met the standard or not, or the numerous detainees who, following their detention and interrogation, were found not to "pose a continuing threat of violence or death to U.S. persons and interests" or to be "planning terrorist activities" as required by the September 17, 2001, With one known exception, there are no CIA
- ↑ They include Abu Hudhaifa, who was subjected to ice water baths and 66 hours of standing sleep deprivation before being released because the CIA discovered he was likely not the person he was believed to be (WASHINGTON ; 51303 ); Muhammad Khan, who, like Zarmein, was among detainees about whom the CIA acknowledged knowing "very little" ( 1528 ); Gul Rahman, another case of mistaken identity (HEADQUARTERS ); Shaistah Habibullah Khan, who, like his brother, Sayed Habib, was the subject of fabrications by KSM (HEADQUARTERS ); Haji Ghalgi, who was detained as "useful leverage" against a family member ( 33678) ); Nazar Ali, an "intellectually challenged" individual whose taped crying was used as leverage against his family member ( 13065 ; , ; 13147 ; 29864 ( ); Jama Gul, who was released with a payment of $ and and [other currency] ( 150822Z ; 33693 ; 33265 ; 33693 Hayatullah Haqqani, whom the CIA determined "may have been in the wrong place the wrong time" ( 33322 ); Ali Jan, who was detained for using a satellite phone, traces on which "revealed no derogatory information" ( 1542); two individuals --Mohammad al-Shomaila and Salah Nasir Salim Ali—on whom derogatory information was "speculative" (email from: [REDACTED]; to: [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED]; subject: Backgrounders; date: April 19, 2006; 17411; ALEC ; undated document titled, "Talking Points for HPSCI about Former CIA Detainees"); two individuals who were discovered to be foreign government sources prior to being rendered to CIA custody, and later determined to be former CIA sources ( 2185 ([REDACTED]); ALEC| ([REDACTED]); HEADQUARTERS B||H(IrS)ACTED])); seven individuals thought to be travelling to Iraq to join al-Qa'ida who were detained based on claims that were "thin but cannot be ignored to: [REDACTED|; cc: [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED]; subject: Request Chief/CTC Approval to Apprehend and Detain Individuals Departing Imminently for Iraq to Fight Against US Forces; date: September 16, 2003); and Bismullah, who was mistakenly arrested and later released with $H[ and told not to speak about his experience 46620
- ↑ For example, the Committee did not include among the 26 individuals wrongfully detained: Dr. Hikmat Nafi Shaukat, even though it was determined that he was not involved in CBRN efforts and his involvement with al-Qa'ida members was limited to personal relationships with former neighbors ( 30414 ; DIRECTOR ; Karim, aka Asat Sar Jan, about whom questions were raised within the CIA about whether he may have been slandered by a rival tribal faction ( 27931 ; [REDACTED] Memo, SUBJECT: getting a handle on detainees); Arsala Khan, who suffered disturbing hallucinations after 56 hours of standing sleep deprivation, after which the CIA determined that he "does not appear to be the subject involved in… current plans or activities against U.S. personnel or facilities ( 1393 (201006Z OCT 03); HEADQUARTERS ( ); and Janat Gul, who also suffered "frightful" hallucinations following sleep deprivation and about whom the chief of the detention facility wrote, "[t]here simply is no 'smoking gun' that we can refer to that would justify our continued holding of [Janat Gul] at a site such as [DETENTION SITE BLACK]" (
"a number of detainees about whom" the CIA knew "very little" ( 1528 .
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