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acknowledge certain gaps in our planning/preparations, but this is the option the DDCI will lead with for POTUS consideration."[1] That morning, the president approved moving forward with the plan to transfer Abu Zubaydah to Country  .[2] During the same Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) session, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld suggested exploring the option of putting Abu Zubaydah on a ship; however, CIA records do not indicate any further input from the principals.[3] That day, the CIA Station in Country   obtained the approval of Country  's   officials for the CIA detention site.[4] The U.S. deputy chief of mission in Country  , who was notified by the CIA Station after Country  's leadership, concurred in the absence of the ambassador,  .[5] Shortly thereafter, Abu Zubaydah was rendered from Pakistan to Country   where he was held at the first CIA detention site, referred to in this summary as "DETENTION SITE GREEN."[6] CIA records indicate that Country   was the last location of a CIA detention facility known to the president or the vice president, as subsequent locations were kept from the principals as a matter of White House policy to avoid inadvertent disclosures of the location of the CIA detention sites.[7]

3. Tensions with Host Country Leadership and Media Attention Foreshadow Future Challenges

(TS// //NF) The day after the rendition of Abu Zubaydah to DETENTION SITE GREEN, the  , which was responsible for the security of the detention facility, linked its support for the CIA's detention site to a request for   support from the CIA  . The CIA eventually provided the requested  support,  . [8] According to CIA cables and internal documents,  

  1. ↑ Email from:  ; to:  ; subject: A-Z Interrogation Plan; date: March 29, 2002. POTUS is an abbreviation for President of the United States.
  2. ↑ Email from: [REDACTED]; to:  ; subject: NEW INFO: A-Z Interrogation Plan; date: March 29, 2002.
  3. ↑ Email from: [REDACTED]; to:  ,  ; subject: A-Z Interrogation Plan; email from: [REDACTED]  ; to: James Pavitt; subject: DCI Decision on [DETENTION SITE GREEN] Briefing for Armitage; date: September 26, 2002. After the PDB session, the assistant secretary of state   was briefed. The assistant secretary indicated that he would brief the secretary and deputy secretary of state. An internal CIA email stated that at the NSC, only National Security Advisor Rice and Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley were briefed. See DIRECTOR   (  MAR 02); email from: [REDACTED]  ; to: James Pavitt; date: September 26, 2002.
  4. ↑ [REDACTED] 69132 (  MAR 02)
  5. ↑ [REDACTED] 69132 (  MAR 02)
  6. ↑ For additional information on the rendition of Abu Zubaydah and the establishment of DETENTION SITE GREEN, see Volume I.
  7. ↑ HEADQUARTERS   [REDACTED]; HEADQUARTERS    . CIA records indicate that the CIA had not informed policymakers of the presence of CIA detention facilities in Countries  ,  ,   and  . It is less clear whether policymakers were aware of the detention facilities in Country   and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  8. ↑ See, for example, [REDACTED] 70240 (300614Z APR 02); [REDACTED] 70112 (250929Z APR 02); [REDACTED] 70459 (080545Z MAY 02); Congressional Notification: Intelligence Support to     Operation,  , 2002 (DTS #2002-2932); and MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence; FROM:    ; SUBJECT: Your meeting with    ,   2002: cover page dated   2002.

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