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(TS// //NF) Ramzi bin al-Shibh was initially interrogated by a foreign government.[1] While officers at CIA Headquarters were dissatisfied with the intelligence production from his five months of detention in foreign government custody, CIA officers in that country were satisfied with bin al-Shibh's reporting.[2] Those CIA officers wrote that bin al-Shibh had provided information used in approximately 50 CIA intelligence reports, including information on potential future threats, to include a potential attack on London's Heathrow Airport and al-Nashiri's planning for potential operations in the Arabian Peninsula. The CIA officers [in-country] also noted that they found bin al-Shibh's information to be generally accurate and that they "found few cases where he openly/clearly misstated facts."[3] In a cable to CIA Headquarters, the CIA officers in [the country where Ramzi bin al-Shibh was being held] concluded, "overall, he provided what was needed." The same cable stated that bin al-Shibh's interrogation was similar to other interrogations they had participated in, and that the most effective interrogation tool was having information available to confront him when he tried to mislead or provide incomplete information.[4] Personnel at CIA Headquarters concluded in 2005 that the most significant intelligence derived from bin al-Shibh was obtained during his detention in foreign government custody, which was prior to his rendition to CIA custody and the use of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques.[5]
2. Interrogation Plan for Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh Proposes Immediate Use of Nudity and Shackling with Hands Above the Head; Plan Becomes Template for Future Detainees
(TS// //NF) Despite the aforementioned assessments from CIA officers in concerning bin al-Shibh's cooperation, officers at CIA Headquarters decided the CIA should obtain custody of bin al-Shibh and render him to DETENTION SITE BLUE in Country .[6] On February , 2003, in anticipation of bin al-Shibh's arrival, interrogators at the detention site, led by the CIA's chief interrogator, , prepared an interrogation plan for bin al-Shibh.[7] The plan became a template, and subsequent requests to CIA Headquarters to use the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques against other detainees relied upon near identical language.[8]
- ↑ ALEC (111551Z SEP 02)
- ↑ DIRECTOR DEC 02)
- ↑ 22888 (240845Z FEB 03)
- ↑ 22888 (240845Z FEB 03)
- ↑ According to a 2005 CIA assessment, the "most significant" reporting from Ramzi bin al-Shibh on potential future attacks was background information related to al-Qa'ida's plans to attack Heathrow Airport. According to the CIA, Ramzi bin al-Shibh provided "useful intelligence," including an "overview of the plot" that was then used in the interrogation of other detainees. (See ALEC (302240Z JUN 05).) Ramzi bin al-Shibh provided the majority of this information in mid-October 2002, while in foreign government custody. See CIA .
- ↑ 10406 . See also 22694 22695 10407 .
- ↑ 10361
- ↑ This included Khaled Shaykh Mohammed ( 10654 (030904Z MAR 03)); Hambali 1310 (101825Z SEP 03)); Abu Yasir al-Jaza'iri ( 10990 ); Abd al-Latif al-Barq 12348 ); Hambali and Lillie 1243 (152049Z AUG 03)); Hassan Ghul ( 1267 ( JAN 04)); Adnan al-Libi 1758 ; and AL-TURKI 2719 .
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