Approved for Release 2018 07 31 C06665557 Date NatSecAct #23 6 TO ALEC - mm NatSecAOt SUBJECT EYES ONLY - DETAILS 2002 DEBRIEFING OF AL-RAHIM AL-NASHIRI BODY NatSeOAct NatSeOAct NatSecAct W07 NatSeOAct NatSecAct - NatSecAct NatSeCAct NOV 02 11246 WE NatSeCAct jnz m bm TO IMMEDIATE ALEC INFO IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR - NatSecAct SUBJECT EYES ONLY - DETAILS OFDNOVEMBER 2002 DEBRIEFING 0F NatseCACt AL-RAHIM AL-NASHIRI REE NatSecAct TEXT 1 ACTION REQUIRED NONE - FYI ONLY NatSecAct 2 DAY ONE OF THE AGGRESSIVE PHASE 0F DETAINEE AL-RAHIM SUBJECT BEGAN AT 0415 HOURS AT 0415 HOURS HVT INTERROGATORS SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS AND LINGUIST ENTERED THE ROLLED NatSecAct Approved for Release 2018 07 31 C06665557 f NatSe WALLING BOARD Approved for Release 2018 07 31 006665557 SUPPORT WAS PLACED AROUND HIS NECK AND SUBJECT WAS MOVED HE WAS NOW IN THE PLACE THEY HAD WARNED HIM ABOUT SUBJECT SAID HE-WAS READY TO ASKED IF HE KNEW THE INFORMATION INTERROGATORS WANTED SUBJECT REPLIED THAT THEY WANTED INFORMATION ON HIS JOINING JIHAD AND WHAT HE DID AFTERWARDS INTERROGATORS TOLD SUBJECT HE WAS WRONG THEY WANTED INFORMATION TO STOP ONGOING OPERATIONS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES SUBJECT WAS WARNED NOT TO LIE AND WAS TOLD THAT IF HE LIED HE WOULD SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES AND HIS LIFE WOULD BECOME INFINITELY WORSE INTERROGATORS PROMISED SUBJECT THAT THEY HAD NO OTHER AGENDA TO PURSUE AND THAT THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY WANTED FROM HIM THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE AND HOW ONGOING OPERATIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE AND WOULD STOP AT NOTHING TO GET IT SUBJECT WAS ALSO PROMISED THAT THE INTERROGATORS WOULD NOT LIE TO HIM AND THAT EVERYTHING THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO TO SUBJECT WOULD COME TO PASS IF HE UNDERSTOOD SUBJECT MUTELY NODDED NatSecAct 3 ASKED WHAT HE HAD TO SAY SUBJECT BEGAN TO RELATE INFORMATION ALREADY INTERROGATORS CUT SUBJECT OFF ASKING IF THIS WAS THE SAME INFORMATION HE HAD ALREADY GIVEN OTHER WHEN SUBJECT SAID YES INTERROGATORS ADVISED SUBJECT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PAST ACTIVITY BUT WANTED TO KNOW OF REAL ACTIONABLE INFORMATION REGARDING ONGOING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS Act INTERROGATOR IMMEDIATELY USED THE ATTENTION GRAB WITH THE ROLLED SUPPORT TO MOVE SUBJECT OFF THE WALL AND DOWN ON TO THE FLOOR OF THE CELL CLOTHES WERE RIPPED OFF OF HIM BY SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS WHILE THE INTERROGATOR TOLD SUBJECT WE KNEW HE WAS LYING AND DEMANDED SUBJECT TELL THEM THE TRUTH SUBJECT REPEATED THAT HE KNOW OF ANY OPERATIONS BUT MAYBE KNEW SOME AGAIN SUBJECT WAS IMMEDIATELY CUT OFF AND HELD ON THE FLOOR BY SECURITY TEAM MEMBERS WHILE INTERROGATORS REPEATED TO SUBJECT THAT HE IS A MASTER OPERATIONAL PLANNER WHO KNOWS WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW SUBJECT WHIMPERED THAT HE WOULD DO ANYTHING THE INTERROGATORS WANTED WHEN TOLD TO BEGIN TALKING HOWEVER SUBJECT BEGAN TO BABBLE INTERROGATORS TOLD SUBJECT HE WAS GOING TO BE LEFT ALONE TO CONSIDER THE NAMES AND OPERATIONAL PLANS OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN ONGOING ATTACK PLANNING ADDING THAT IF HE REFUSED TO COOPERATE HE WOULD SUFFER IN WAYS HE NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE LEFT THE ROOM AT 0435 HEAD WAS SHAVED BY SECURITY STAFF WHILE SUBJECT MOANED AND WAILED RETURNED TO THE ROOM AT 0440 POINTING TO THE LARGE BOX INTERROGATOR TOLD SUBJECT TO LOOK AT IT AS IT WAS NOW HIS NEW HOME INTERROGATOR AGAIN REPEATED THE BRIDGE THAT WE WANTED INFORMATION TO STOP ONGOING OPERATIONS AGAINST THE U S WHO THE OPERATORS ARE WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE WHAT THE TARGETS ARE AND EVERY OTHER CONCEIVABLE DETAIL SUBJECT WAS PLACED IN THE LARGE BOX AT 0443 SUBJECT WAS LOCKED IN THE LARGE BOX AT 0445 HOURS Approved for Release 2018 07 31 006665557 Approved for Release 2018 07 31 006665557 NatSecAct NatSeCAct END OF MESSAGE Approved for Release 2018 07 31 C06665557 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