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 as interrogators and raised conflict of interest and ethical concerns According to the Special Review this was based on a concern that the on-site who were administering the enhanced interrogation techniques participated in the evaluations assessing the effectiveness and impact of the enhanced interrogation techniques on the In January 2003 CIA Headquarters required that at least one other be present who was not physically participating in the administration of the enhanced interrogation techniques According to OMS however the problem still existed because continue to perform both functions 3537 SENATOR SNOWE Did any CIA personnel express reservations about being engaged in the interrogation or these techniques that were used DIRECTOR HAYDEN I m not aware of any These guys are more experienced No This statement is incongruent with CIA records For example from August 4 2002 through August 23 2002 the CIA subjected Abu Zubaydah to its enhanced interrogation techniques on a near 24-hour-per day basis The non-stop use of the enhanced interrogation techniques was disturbing to CLA personnel at DETENTION SITE GREEN These CIA personnel objected to the continued use of the enhanced interrogation techniques against Abu Zubaydah but were instructed by CIA Headquarters to continue using the techniques The interrogation using the enhanced techniques continued more than two weeks after CIA personnel on site questioned the legality of escalating or even maintaining the pressure on Abu Zubaydah records include the following reactions of CIA personnel expressing reservations about being engaged in the interrogations and the use of the techniques 0 August 5 2002 want to caution medical of cer that this is almost certainly not a place he s ever been before in his medical It is visually and very uncomfortable 2588 25 Special Review Of ce of the Inspector General Counter-terrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities September 2001 - October 2003 20035712346 7 May 2004 p 35 DTS #2004-2710 25' Special Review Of ce of the Inspector General Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities September 2001 - October 2003 7 May 2004 p 40 DTS #2004-2710 35 Email from 01 at subject Re Monday date August 5 2002 Page 473 of 499 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED - August 8 2002 Today s first had a profound effect on all staff members it seems the collective opinion that we should not go much everyone seems strong for now but if the group has to we cannot guarantee how much longer 2589 0 August 8 2002 Several on the team profoundly some to the point of tears and choking up_n2590 0 August 9 2002 two perhaps three personnel likely to elect transfer away from the detention site if the decision is made to continue with the enhanced interrogation techniques 259' - August 11 2002 Viewing the pressures on Abu Zubaydah on video has produced strong feelings of futility and legality of escalating or even maintaining the pressure With resPect to viewing the interrogation tapes prepare for something not seen previously 2592 The chief of CTC Jose Rodriguez via email instructed the CIA interrogation team to not use speculative language as to the legality of given activities in CIA cable traffic 93 Shortly thereafter circa December 2002 the CIA general counsel had a real concern about the lack of details in cables of what was taking place at detention sites noting that cable traffic reporting was becoming thinner and that the agency cannot monitor the situation if it is not documented in cable traf c 2594 The chief of interrogations who provided training to CIA interrogators expressed his view that there was Email from to subject Update date August 8 2002 at 06 50 AM 259 Email from to subject Update date August 8 2002 at 06 50 AM 59' Email from to subject Re 9 August Update date August 9 2002 at 10 44 PM Email from to subject Greetings date August 11 2002 at 7593 Email from Jose RodrigUez to subject SITE date August 12 2002 2594 Interview Report 2003-7123-IG Review of InterrOgations for Counterterrorism Purposes Scott W Muller September 5 2003 Page 474 of 499 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED excess information in the Abu Zubaydah interrogation cables 2595 Reporting Abuses DIRECTOR HAYDEN Any This testimony is not supported by CIA records for deviations from approved example procedures and practices that are seen are to be immediately 0 Multiple individuals involved in the interrogation of reported and immediate CIA detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri failed to report corrective action taken including inappropriate activity With regard to the unauthorized referring to the CIA Of ce of use of a handgun and power drill to threaten al- Inspector General and to the Nashiri one CIA interrogator stated he did not report Department of Justice as the incidents because he believed they fell below the appropriate reporting threshold for the enhanced interrogation techniques while noting he did not receive guidance on reporting requirements The chief of Base stated he did not report the incidents because he assumed the interrogator had CIA Headquarters approval and because two senior CIA of cials had instructed him to scale back on reporting from the detention site to CIA Headquarters The inappropriate activity was discovered during a chance exchange between recently arrived CIA Headquarters of cials and security of cers 96 0 There were significant quantitative and qualitative differences between the waterboardin of KSM as applied and the description of the technique provided to the Department of Justice Neither CIA interrogators nor CIA attorneys reported these deviations to the inspector general or the Department of Justice at the time 0 Additionally CIA records indicate that at least 17 detainees were subjected to CIA enhanced interrogation techniques for which they were not approved 2597 Detainee Statistics 25 Interview Report 2003-7 Review of Interrogations for Counterterrorism Purposes April 7 2003 259 Report of Investigation Office of the Inspector General Unauthorized Interrogation Techniques at SITE 2003-7123-IG 29 October 2003 p 24 DTS #2003-4897 2597 See Volume for details Page 475 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