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call us at 202-994-7000 as soon as possible Message Re gr XV ltk his is an 0773 op Fat 1 n An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University the Archive collects and publishes declassi ed documents obtained through the Freedom of Infon'nation Act Publication royalties and tax-deductible contributions through The National Security Archive Fund Inc underwrite the Archive s budget The National Security Archive The George Washington University Gelman Library Suite 701 2130 Street N w Washington D C 20037 my Silil'lil is g Phone 202 994 7000 Fax 202 994 7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu http Monday April l6 2018 Information and Privacy Coordinator Central Intelligence Agency Washington DC 20505 Re Request under the FOIA in reply refer to Archive number 20180355CIA033 Dear Information and Privacy Coordinator Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act FOIA I hereby request expedited processing of the following The twelve cables referenced in footnotes 336 and 337 on page 67 of the Senate Select Committee on lntelligence's Committee Studv of the Central Intelligence Agencv's Detention and Interrogation Program declassified in 20 4 These cables are 11246 November 02 1258 November 02 1263 November 02 2 70 November 02 11284 November 02 1294 November 02 I I 2 93 November 02 11322 November 02 1352 December 02 I 35 9 December 02 11344 November 02 782 75 December 02 For your reference I have included the relevant page from the report This request quali es for expedited processing according to Subsection 552 a 6 E of FOIA which states that expedited processing must be granted to requests with a compelling need made by a person primarily engaged in disseminating information with urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity As described below the National Security Archive is a news media organization primarily engaged in disseminating information This request concerns a matter of current 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UNCLASSIFIED Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency s Detention and Interrogation Program Foreword by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein Findings and Conclusions Executive Summary Approved December 13 2012 Updatedfor Release April 3 20 4 Declassi catwn Revisions December 3 2024 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED CIA to DETENTION SITE COBALT in Country I on Novemberl 2002 where he was held for - days before being transferred to DETENTION SITE GREEN on November I 2002 335 At DETENTION SITE GREEN aI-Nashiri was interrogated using the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques including being subjected to the waterboard at least three time-5 336 In December 2002 when DETENTION SITE GREEN was closed al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah were rendered to DETENTION SITE M In total al-Nashiri was subjected to the enhanced interrogation techniques during at least four separate periods with each period typically ending with an assessment from on-site interrogators that al-Nashiri was compliant and cooperative 33 Officers at CIA Head uarters disagreed with these assessments with the deputy chief of ALEC Station commenting that DETENTION SITE BLUE interrogators should not make Sweeping statements in cable traf c regarding al-Nashiri's compliance Of cers at CIA Headquarters sought to reinstate the use of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques based or t their belief that aI-Nashiri had not yet provided actionable intelligence on imminent attacks M Shortly after al-Nashiri arrived at DETENTION SITE BLUE CIA interrogators at the detention site judged al-Nashiri s cooperation and compliance by his engagement and willingness to answer questions while CIA Headquarters pcrsonneljudged his compliance based on the speci c actionable intelligence he had provided or the lack thereof For example in December 2002 interrogators informed CIA Headquarters that al-Nashiri was cooperative and truthful and that the consensus at the detention site was that al-Nashiri was 0866- For disseminated intelligence see NOV 02 NOV 021 or AI-Nashiti s time at DETENTION SITE COBALT is not weIl documented in CIA records As described elsewhere standard operating procedure at COBALT at the time included total light deprivation loud continuous music isoIation and dietary manipulation Based on CIA records the other four enhanced interrogation periods of al Nashiri took place at DETENTION SITE BLUE on December 5-8 2002 December 27 2002 - January I 2003 1ttnuary 9 10 2003 and January 15-27 2003 See 10030 1 115412 DEC 2117332 DEC 02 10140 0317272 JAN 03 1917292 JAN 03 9 Email from to cc EDI subject SITE follow-up date December I5 2002 0 See for exampIe ALEC 0723152 DEC 02 ALEC - 1303522 DEC 02 ALEC - 1802472 DEC 02 ALEC 1917292 JAN 03 CIA Of ce of Inspector General Report of Investigation Unauthorized Interrogation Techniques at SITE 2003 -7 23 IO October 29 2003 See aIso CIA Of ce of Inspector General report Counterterrorisrn Detention And Interrogation Activities September 2001 - October 2003 released on 7 2004 Page 67 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