Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 - NatSeCAct TO ALEC FROM SUBJECT EYES ONLY - DETAILS 2002 INTERROGATION SESSION WITH AL- RAHIM AL-NASHIRI BODY NatSecAct NatSecAct 3 NatSecAct 3 NatSeCAct NatseCACt pm 001 @9022 Nov 02 NatSeCAct Nov 02 STAFF NatSecAct ClAAct TO IMMEDIATE ALEC INFO DIRECTOR NatSeCAct 3 NatSeOAct SUBJECT EYES ONLY - DETAILS OPE NOVEMBER 2002 INTERROGATION SESSION WITH AL-RAHIM AL-NASHIRI REF NONE TEXT NatSeCAct COMBINE COMPLETE 1 ACTION REQUIRED NONE FYI BASE COMMENTS FROM ON INFORMATION AND FURTHER REQUIREMENTS NatSecAct 2 SUMMARY 2001 DAY EIGHT OF BASE AGGRESSIVE PHASE INTERROGATIONS OF SENIOR OPERATIVE AL-RAHIM AKA MULLAH SUBJECT QUESTIONS FOR SUBJECT FOCUSED ON KNOWLEDGE OF AND NatSecAOt Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C06718445 KNOWLEDGE OF NatSecAct 1 NatSecAct NatSecAct eevv ee 4 INTERROGATORS CELL WITH SECURITY TEAM AT SUBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM HIS BOX SUBJECT WAS LED TO THE WALLING WALL NEXT TO HIS CHAIR BUT DIRECTED TO REMAIN THE ROLLED SUPPORT OVER SHOULDERS AND GRABBED IT INDUCING SUBJECT TO STAND ON TIPTOE UNDERSTAND YOU WANTED SOMEONE To TRIM YOUR NAILS FOR YOU MADE ME MAD YOU-RE STILL IN DEEP DEEP TROUBLE YOU ARE OUR PRISONER WE ARE YOUR KEEPERS AND IT GET MUCH LOWER THAN THAT YOU HAD A HARD TIME YESTERDAY BEING ATTENTIVE UNTIL I GOT YOUR ATTENTION AND VERY PROMISED AS HE USED THE WALLING TECHNIQUE WITH SUBJECT ONCE DOING IT RELEASING HIS GRIP ON THE TOWEL FACT LIKE TO DO IT JUST BASED ON GENERAL SUBJECT WHO HAD SHUFFLED OUT OF HIS Box WITH A LIMP STRAIGHTENED UP AND SAID HE UNDERSTOOD SUBJECT WAS DIRECTED TO SIT DOWN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS NatSeCAct Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 NatSeCAct Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C08718445 NatSecAct NatSeCAct NatSecAct Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C06718445 Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C06718445 NatSecAct NatSecAct 9 SUBJECT WAS LED BACK INTO HIS LARGE BOX AT APPROXIMATELY AND TEAM RECONVENED FOR A BRIEF MEETING AND LUNCH NatSecAct AFTER TEAM REVIEWED REQUIREMENTS PREPARED QUESTIONS FOR INTERROGATORS AND HELD AN AFTERNOON STRATEGY SESSION INTERROGATORS 1 CELL AT 1 SUBJECT EITHER FEIGNING A LIMP OR PERHAPS WITH HIS LEG ASLEEP SHUFFLED ACROSS HIS CELL AND SAT IN A CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE WALLING NatSecAct PANEL INTERROGATORS ASKED SUBJECT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIS LEG AND SUBJECT REPLIED THAT HIS LEG IRONS WERE UNCOMFORTABLE BUT THAT IS OK- 1 mm NatSecAct NatSecAct Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 NatSecAct NatSecAct NatSecAct Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C06718445 b 1 3 3 NatSecAct NatSecAct NatSecAct NatSecAct Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C06718445 Approved for Release 2018 02 28 C06718445 NatSecAct 16 THE REMAINDER OF THE SESSION FOCUSED ON OTHER NAMES PHOTOS AND OTHER INFORMATION FORWARDED BY ALEC AND PROVIDED SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF CELL IN EACH CASE SUBJECT WAS SHOWN AVAILABLE PHOTOS AND READ NAMES AND NatSeCAct ALIASES SUBJECT DENIED KNOWING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING NatSeCAct NatSecAct NatSecAct 17 AS THE INTERROGATION CONCLUDED AND LEFT THE ROOM SUBJECT ROSE As ORDERED EARLIER BE INTERROGATORS TOLD SUBJECT THAT THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE HIM COOPERATE WITH INTERROGATORS THAN ENDURE PUNISHMENT AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT UNTIL IT BECAME CLEAR THAT INFORMATION WAS FALSE HE WOULD BE GIVEN SOLID FOOD AND ALLOWED TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR OF HIS CELL WITH A MAT AND A TOWEL TO COVER HIMSELF SECURITY TEAM ALSO REMOVED THE SMALL Box FROM HIS CELL LEAVING IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARS TEAM LEFT SUBJECT LOCKED IN HIS CELL AT NatSeOAct NatSecAct END OF MESSAGE m Approved for Release 2018 02 28 006718445 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