UNCLASSIFIED Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Detention and Interrogation Program Executive Summary Approved December 13 2012 Updated for Release April 3 2014 Declassi corion Revisions December 3 2014 Page I of 499 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED acknowledge certain gaps in our planning preparations but this is the option the DDCI will lead with for POTUS consideration 69 That mornin the president approved moving forward with the plan to transfer Abu Zubaydah to Country 70 During the same Presidential Daily Brief PDB session Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld suggested exploring the option of putting Abu Zubaydah on a ship however CIA records do not indicate any further input from the rinci als That day the CIA Station in Country I obtained the approval of Country 5 officials for the CIA detention site 72 The US deputy chief of mission in Country who was noti ed the CIA Station after Countr 5 leadership concurred in the absence of the ambassador 73 Shortly thereafter Abu Zubaydah was rendered from Pakistan to Country where he was held at the rst CIA detention site referred to in this summary as SITE CIA records indicate that Country I was the last location of a CIA detention facility known to the president or the vice president as subsequent locations were kept from the principals as a matter of White House policy to avoid inadvertent disclosures of the location of the CIA detention sites 75 3 Tensions with Host Country Leadership and Media Attention oreshadow Future Challenges Ts twiddle of Abu Zubaydah to DETENTION SITE GREEN the which was responsible for the securi of the detention facility linked its su ort for the detention site to a request for i support from the CIA The CIA eventual requested npport According to CIA cables and intemal documents rovided the 76 59 Email from to subject A-Z Interrogation Plan date March 29 2002 POTUS is an abbreviation for President of the United States 7 Email from to subject NEW INFO A-Z Interrogation Plan date March 29 2002 7' Email from to subject A-Z Interrogation Plan email from to James Pavitt subject DCI Decision on SITE Brie ng for Armitage date September 26 2002 After the PDB session the assistant secretary of state was briefed The assistant secretary indicated that he would brief the secretary and deputy secretary of state An internal CIA email stated that at the NSC only National Securit Advisor Rice and Deputy National Securit Adviser Hadley were briefed See DIRECTOR - MAR 02 email from h to James Pavitt date September 26 2002 72 69132 MAR 02 73 69132 MAR 02 7 For additional information on the rendition of Abu Zubaydah and the establislunent of DETENTION SITE GREEN see Volume I HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS CIA records indicate that the CIA had not informed policymakers of the presence of CIA detention facilities in Countries I I I and It is less clear whether policymakers were aware of the detention facilities in Country I and at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 7 See for example 70240 3006142 APR 02 70112 2509292 APR 02 70459 0805452 MAY 02 Con essional Noti cation Intelligence SUpport to Operation 2002 DTS #2002-2932 and MEMORANDUM FOR Director of Central Intelligence FROM - SUBJECT Your meetini with 2002 cover a dated 2002 Page 23 of 499 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED rom ted to replace individuals responsible for supporting the detention facility Those of cials were replaced by different of cials whom the CIA believed were not supportive of the detention Despite considerable effort by the Station in Como to retain su ort for DETENTION SITE GREEN from its new partners called for the closing of the CLA detention facility within three weeks Continued lobbying by the chief of Station however eventually led Country I to reverse this decision allowing DETENTION SITE GREEN to remain operational 0 M On April I 2002 the CIA Station in Country I attempted to list the number of Country I of cers who the best of Station s knowledge had knowledge of the presence of Abu Zubaydah in a speci c cit in Count The list included ei ht i 2002 individuals references to various personnel and the staff of and concluded d oubtless many others By April a media organization had learned that Abu Zubaydah was in Country I prompting the CIA to explain to the media organization the security implications of revealing the information 82 The CIA Station in Country I also expressed concern that press inquiries would do nothing for our liaison and bilateral relations possibly diminishing chances that the of Country will permit Abu Zubaydah to remain in country or that he would accept other Abu Zubaydah -like renderees in the future 83 In November 2002 after the CIA learned that a major US newspaper knew that Abu Zubaydah was in Country I senior CIA of cials as well as Vice President Cheney urged the news aper not to publish the information 84 While the US newspaper did not reveal Country as the location of Abu Zubaydah the fact that it had the information combined with previous media interest resulted in the decision to close DETENTION SITE 4 FBI O icers Are the First to Question Abu Zubaydah Who States He Intends to Cooperate Abu Zubaydah is Taken to a Hospital Where He Provides Information the CIA Later Describes as Important and Vital After Abu Zubaydah was rendered to DETENTION SITE GREEN on March 2002 he was questioned by special agents from the Federal Bureau of 77 See for example 7 76975 9 77115 0 77281 The CIA's June 2013 ReSponse states that th was only as leaks detailing the program began to emerge that foreign artners felt compelled to alter the scope of their involvement As described however the tensions with Country were unrelated to public revelations about the program 3' 69626 2 Email from William Harlow Director of the CIA Of ce of Public Affairs to John McLaughlin Buzzy Krongard John Moseman John Rizzo James Pavitt Stanley Moskowitz subject call Re Abu Zubaydah date A ril 25 2002 12 06 33 PM 33 70168 3 ALEC - April 6 2006 Interview Chief Renditions and Detainees Grou 5 DIRECTOR Page 24 of 499 UNCLASSIFIED This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu