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Jeffrey Light
Law
Office
of
Jeffrey
L.
Light
1712 Eye St., NW
Suite915
Washington, DC 20006
Re: F-2015-01568; 15-cv-2204
Dear Mr. Light:
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
31 May2016
This letter is in response to the 28 April2015 Freedom
of
Information Act (FOIA)
request submitted
by
your client, Jason Leopold, for the following documents:
1
Death and investigation - Gul Rahman; CIA Inspector General Report
of
Investigation,
Death
of
a Detainee (2003-7402-10),
April27,
2005.
2. Report and Recommendation
of
the Special Accountability Board Regarding the Death of
Afghan detainee Gul Rahman.
3. Interview Report, 2003-7123-IG,
Review
of Interrogations for Counterterrorism
Purposes, April 30, 2003.
4. April 7, 2005, Memorandum for John Helgerson, Inspector General, from Robert
Grenier, Subject:
Comments
on
Draft
Report
of
Investigations:
Death
of
a Detainee.
5. Memorandum for Deputy Director
of
Operations, from [redacted] January 28, 2003,
Subject: Death Investigation- Gul Rah1nan.
6.
Copy of
any and all documented notifications to congressional oversight committees
about the death of Gul Rahman that took place
in
2002.
We
processed the request in accordance with the FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended, and the
National Security Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3141, as amended.
We completed a thorough search for records responsive to the request and located
ten
1 0) responsive documents. At this time, five (5) documents
can be
released in segregable
form
with
redactions
made on
the basis
ofFOIA
exemptions
(b)(l),
(b)(3), (b)(5), (b)(6), and/or
(b )(7)(c). In addition, it has been determined that three (3) documents must be denied in their
entirety on
the
basis
ofFOIA
exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3), (b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(7)(c), and/or (b)(7)(d).
Exemption (b)(3) pertains to Section 6 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50 U.S.C.
§ 3 507, noted as exemption (b)(3 )CIAAct on the enclosed documents, and/or Section
102A(i)(l) of the National Security
Act of
1947,
50
U.S.C § 3024(i)(1), noted as exemption
(b )(3
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enote that an extension was granted on two responsive documents. Those documents will be
provided to you on a later date.
Sincerely
Michael Lavergne
Information and Privacy Coordinator
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Permanent
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House of Representa t ives
Washington
D.C. 20515
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2003
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o f
Deta inee Gul
Rahman
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i s
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paper
r egard ing the
s ub j ec t mentioned
above.
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of the s e n s i t i v i t y o f the in fo rmat ion
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Se lec t Committee
on In t e l l i gence
Uni ted Sta t e s Sena te
Washington
D.C.
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you
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Mr.
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Mi n o r i t y Sta f f D ir e c to r
S e l e c t
Committee on
I n t e l l i gence
Uni ted
St a t e s
Sena te
Washington,
D.C. 20510
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o f
Deta inee Gul Rahman
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on ly
t o those
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your s t a f f
br i e f ed i n t o
t h i s
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The
Honorable J e r r y
Lewis
Chairman
WashingtOll,
D.C. 20505
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on
Defense
Committee
on
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i s
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rega rd ing the
sub jec t
mentioned above.
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of the s e n s i t i v i t y
o f
the in fo rmat ion
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on
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mentione
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information, access
to
t h i s
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should be
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ind iv idua ls
on
your
s t a f f
br ie fed into th i s
compartment.
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mat t e r
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death was
acc iden ta l and
most
l i ke ly
r e su l t ed
from
hypothermia .
Rahman
was
i nca rce ra t ed
in
the
pr i son f a c i l i t y from
C]November 2002 un t i l h is death
on
0 November 2002.
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c e l l
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food. Rahman had l a s t
ea ten
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aga in
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threw
h i s food, wate rbo t t l e ,
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a t
the
guards .
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the t ime, Rahman was nude
from the wais t
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r e s u l t
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behavior , and
fo l lowing procedures
recommended
by the U
Bureau
of Pr i sons ,
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preven t s
p r i sone r s from s tanding upr igh t .
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then
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metal g r i l l
loca ted low on the wal l of
h i s
c e l l .
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normal
rounds
and
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2300
on
November
and
found
him
a l ive and sea ted
upr igh t .
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a t
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sh iver ing;
however;
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c e l l
again a t 1000
and found
him ly ing on
h i s
s ide . The
guards a t tempted
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Rahman
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metal
c e l l door with ' the i r
n igh t s t i cks ;
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did
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of f i c e r s
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in te r r oga t ion
o f
another
pr i soner . The
CIA
personnel en te red
Rahman's c e l l
and found him
l y ing on the
f loor
with a smal l amount of blood
coming
from
h i s
nose and mouth.
CIA personnel
checked
h is pu l se and, f ind ing
none,
unsuccess fu l ly
t r i e d to r e s u s c i t a t e Rahman.
CIA S t a t i o n
medica l personnel were
a l so
no t i f i e d .
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body
a n ~
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him
dead.
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Rahman
disc losed severa l
sur face abras ions
which
he
obta ined
with in
the
f i r s t
few
days of
h is
inca r ce r a t ion . These abrasions were caused by
rough
t rea tment designed to
f r ighten and
d i so r i en t
the pr isoner .
Addi t iona l ly the autopsy found no evidence t ha t Rahman had
been
beaten to r tu r ed
poisoned,
s t rangled or smothered.
The
c l i n i c a l diagnos i s o f
death was determined to be hypothermia.
The pa tho log i s t based
his
conclusion on
the
fo l lowing f ac to r s :
b) 1)
o Rahman s ur ine had high catecholamine leve ls which i s
cons i s ten t with
hypothermic
deaths.
o Rahman was seen shiver ing for a
number o f
hours
immediately pr io r to his
death .
o
The
environment
in
which
he·was
housed
was
extremely
cold .
On
the
night of
h is
death,
the outs ide temperature
was
31
degrees Fahrenhei t
and
the pr i son f a c i l i t y
i s
not
in su la ted .
o
Rahman
had
not eaten in approximate ly
36
hours . No
food
was
found
in
h is stomach dur ing the autopsy. Rahman s
glycogen l eve l s would have
been
deple ted . Glycogen i s a
fue l
source
used by
the
body to s tay warm.
o Rahman
was
unclothed from the
wais t
down and
was
in
d i r e c t
contac t
with
the
cold
concre te
f loor
of h i s c e l l .
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would have caused s ign i f i can t
hea t lo s s
in
the
body.
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was dehydrated which i s a
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fac tor to
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in
conjunct ion wi th Sta t ion
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de ta inee
management
and wel fare pr ac t i ce s
a.t
t he
pr ison
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recommended improvements. The
most impor tant
of
these
was
to ensure tha t temperatures in s ide the f a c i l i t y are
monitored and kept
with in
a
range
t h a t would
not
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hea l th
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implementing
fu r the r
improvements
to
the
pr ison
f a c i l i t y
ts
ope ra t ions
and management,
and the
t r a in ing
o f guard
force.
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t-St Report and Recorrunendations
of
the Special
Accountabil i ty Board Regarding
the
Death
of
Afghan
Detainee Gul Rahman
b) 1)
b) 3) CIAAct
b) 3) NatSecAct
b) 5)
b) 6)
b) 7) c)
Based on the/
foregoing,
the
Board
recommends.that
you impose
a 10-day suspension
without
pay. The Board
believes
th is
action
s t r ik rs an
appropriate
balance
between:
1)
the
fact
th t as the
only individual
who made decis ions th t
led · ~ y
l be i t
unintentionally, to Rahman s d e a t h ~ and
2) the s ign i f ic n t weight the Board attached to
the
mitigat ing
factors t
play in th is
incident.
EXDIR
Concur:
Date:
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Non-Concur:
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Report and Recommendations of
lcountabili ty Board
Regarding
the
Dltainee Gul Rahman
the
Special
Death
of
fghan
b
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Special
AcGountability Board
Regarding the Death
of Afghan
l ~ a i n e e
Gul Rahman
b) 1) -1
b) 3) CIAAct
b ) 3) NatSecAct
b) 5)
b ) 6)
b) ?) c)
Accordingly the Board recommends
th t
no disc ip l in ry
c t ion be
t ken
g ins t
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and
Recommendations
of
the Special
Accountabil i ty
Board
Regarding
the
Death
of Afghan
Detainee Gul Rahman
(b)( 1)
(b)(3) CIAAct
(b )(3) NatSecAct
(b )(5)
(b )(6)
(b)(?)(c)
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SUBJECT ~
Report
and Recommendations of the Special
Accountabil i ty Board Regarding the Death
of
Afghan
Detainee Gul ahman
(b)( 1)
(b)(3) CIAAct
(b)(3) NatSecAct
(b)(5)
(b )(6)
(b)(?)(c)
Accordingly, t he Board
recommends
t ha t no d i s c i p l i n a ry
ac t ion be t aken
aga ins t
t
j
EXDIR Concur:.
_
EXDIR Non-Concur:
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Detainee Gul
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W a ~ h i n g t o n :
D.C. 20505
OCA
2002 1648/1
29 November 2002
Mr. Michael W. Sheehy
Democrat ic
Counsel
Permanent
Se lec t
Committee
on I n t e l l i g e n c e
House
o f Representa t ives
Washington
D.C. 20515
Dear Mike:
SUBJECT:
'f . b) 1)
N o t : ~ . : ~ . c a t : ~ . o n b) 3) NatSecAct
COUNTRY:
I
I
~ ~ ~ ] Death
of Detainee Gul
Rahman
b) 1)
ISSUE:
b) 3) NatSecAct
U}
Enclosed
i s a
background
paper regarding the· sub jec t
ment ioned above.
U) Because of the sens i t iv i ty of the in fo rmat ion access to
t h i s n o t i f i c a t i o n should be
l imi ted
only
to
those ind iv idua ls on
·your s t a f f br ie f ed - in to
th is
compartment .
. U) Should
you
have
any quest ions regarding t h i s
mat ter
p lease do
not h e s i t a t e
to c a l l .
Enclosure ·
lfh\ 1 \
I b) 3) NatSecAct
b ) 6)
an
ey
M.
Mas
ow1tz
Direc tor
of Congress ional
Affa i r s
b ) 3)
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20505
CX A 2002-1648
29 November 2 2
Mr.
Tim Sample
Sta f f
Direc tor
Permanent
Selec t Committee
on
In t e l l i gence
House o f Representa t ives
Washington
D.C. 20515
Dear
Tim:
SUBJECT: Not i f ica t ion b) 1)
,--------- b) 3) NatSecAct
COUNTRY:
I
I
b) 1)
ISSUE: ~ ~ ' - - - - - - - - -
Death
of Deta inee Gul
Rahman
b) 3)
NatSecAct
(U)
Enclosed
i s
a background paper rega rd ing
t he
s u b j e c t
mentioned above.
(U)
Because
of the s e n s i t i v i t y of the informat ion
access to
t h i s
n o t i f i c a t i o n
should be l imi t ed only
to
those
i nd iv idua l s on
your s t a f f br i e f ed in to th i s compartment.
(U)
Should
you
have any ques t ions rega rd ing
t h i s
mat t e r
p l eas e
do
not h e s i t a t e
to c a l l .
S in c e r e lv .
_ _
.
Lsc Iey
M : : ~ o w u z
Direc tor
of Congress ional Affa i r s
Enclosure
~ b ) 1
\ - - - ~ ~ ~ - - - ~ ~ - - - - -
b) 3) NatSecAct
b) 3) CiAAct
b ) 3) NatSecAct
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Wa.U inglon,
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2050S
OCA 2002 1648/2
29 .November 2002
Mr. Al
Cumming
S t a f f
Di r ec t o r
Se lec t Committee
on
In t e l l i gence
United Sta te s Senate
Washington
D.C. 20510
Dear Al:
SUBJECT: Not i f i ca t ion
(b)(1)
coUNTRY: I
(b )(3) NatSecAct
I I
f- PBij J
Death o f
Detainee
b)(1) ISSUE:
Gul Rahman
{U) Enclosed
i s a
background paper regarding the sub jec t
ment ioned
above.
(U)
Because o f
the s e n s i t i v i t y
of the informat ion
access to
t h i s n o t i f i c a t i o n should be l imi t ed only to those
ind iv idual s on
your s t a f f br i e f ed i n t o t h i s compartment.
{U)
Should
you
have
any
ques t ions
regarding
th i s
mat ter ,
please do not h e s i t a t e to ca l l .
Enclosure
(b)( 1)
(b)(3) NatSecAct
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Si nce r e •
(b)(6)
Direc tor o f
z
Affa i r s
(b)(3)
CIAAct
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Mr.
B i l l Duhnke
Minori ty
Sta f f D i r ec to r
W a ~ h i n g l o n
D.C. 20505
Se lec t Committee
on
In t e l l i gence
Uni ted
S t a t e s
Senate
Washington D.C. 20510
Dear B i l l :
SUBJECT:
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The Honorable Jer ry Lewis
Chairman
Subcommittee
on Defense
Committee on
Appropr ia t ions
House
o f
Representa t ives
Washington,
D.C. 20515
Dear
Mr. Chairman:
Wa ihington,
D_C
20505
OCA 2002-1648/4
29
November 2002
SUBJECT:
Not i f ica t ion
b)
1
)
~ ~ - - - b ) 3 )
NatSecAct
[ I
OUNTRY:
b) 1)
ISSUE:
( TS/
J
I
Death o f
Detainee
Gul
Rahman
b
) 3) NatSecAct
U) Enclosed i s a background
paper
r egard ing the sub jec t
mentioned above.
U) Because
of
t he
sens i t iv i ty
of the
in fo rmat ion
acces s
to
t h i s no t i f i ca t ion
should be l imi ted
only
to those i nd iv idua l s on
your s t a f f
br ie fed
i n t o
t h i s
compartment.
U} Should you have any quest ions r egard ing th i s mat ter
p l eas e
do no t hes i t a te to
ca l l .
Enclosure
NatSecAct
Sincere ly
b) 6)
j
~ s ~ t a n i e y ~ M ~ o s k o w : t ~ t z
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Affa i r s
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D C
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OCA 2002 1648/5
29
November
2002
The
Honorable Daniel
K.
Inouye
Chairman
Subcommittee on Defense
o ~ t t e e on Appropria t ions
United Sta te s Senate
Washington,
D.C. 20510
Dear
Mr.
Chairman:
SUBJECT:
Not i f i c a t ion
b ) 1)
COUNTRY
bT) NatSecAct
~ ~ - - - ~ ~ J ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ D e a t h
of Detainee Gul
Rahman
b) 1)
ISSUE:
b) 3) NatSecAct
U) .
Enclosed
i s a background paper
regarding the
sub jec t
ment ioned above .
U) Because of the sens i t iv i ty of the informat ion, · access
to
t h i s no t i f i c a t i on should
be
l imi ted
only to those i nd iv idua l s on
your s t a f f
br ie f ed
in to th i s
compartment.
U) Should you have any ques t ions regarding th i s mat ter
p l eas e
do not h e s i t a t e to ca l l .
Direc tor
of
Congress iona l Affa i r s
Enclosure
b) 3) CIAAct
b ) 3) NatSecAct
b)(1)
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D.C.
20505
CCA 2002-1648/6
·29 November
2002
The
Honorable
Ted Stevens
Ranking
Minor i ty Member
Subcommit tee on Defense
Committee on Appropr i a t ions
Uni t ed St a t e s
Senate
Washington D.C. 20510
Dear
Sena to r
Stevens:
SUBJECT: Noti i
: cti
i iNatSecAct
COUNTRY: I
I
(b)(1) -
(b )(3) NatSecActSSUE:
{- i S [_____ _
Death
of
Deta inee Gul Rahman
U) Enclosed i s a
background
paper regarding
the
sub jec t
mentioned
above.
(U) Because of
· the
s e n s i t i v i t y
of the
informat ion access to
t h i s n o t i f i c a t i o n shou ld be·
l imi ted
only to those ind iv idua ls on
your
s t a f f
br i e f ed
i n t o
t h i s
compartment.
(U) Should you have any ques t ions regarding t h i s
mat ter
p lease do not h e s i t a t e
to
c a l l .
Enclosure
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(b )(3) NatSecAct
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(b )(6)
~ · · · · ·
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Death
of Detainee
Gul
Rahman
) 3)
NatSecAct
) 3)
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) 3)
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3)
NatSecAct
3)
NatSecAct
1 .
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I Gul
Rahman,
a
de ta inee a t
a
CIA-funded
detention f rc i j i t y inl J was
found
dead in
h i s c e l l
on
November 2002. Rahman was an a l - Qa i da
ope r a t i ve and Hezbi- I I s lami
Gulbuddin/Hekrnatyar
as s oc i a t e
who
was a l s o
a
c lose con tac t of
sen io r
a l - Q a id a f a c i l i t a t o r Abu
Abdul
Rahman
Al-NjjdT. Rahman was capt·u·
re.d · ·by t he
P a k i s t a n
G o v e ~ e n t dur ing October 2002
r a i ds
and
subsequent ly
t r ans fe r r ed to
a
de ten t ion f a c i l i t y in[ ~ p e r a t e d by t h e
r
and
funded
by
CIA. _Since h i s t r ans f e r
to[
___
__
f a c i - = - l ~ i - t y ~ ,
Rahman had been
i n t e r r oga t ed
by
CIA o f f i c e r s .
2 .
t PS; I I ~ a h m a n ar r ived a t the
I ----
u
d e t e n t i o n
f a c i l i t y on ] ~ N o v e m b e r and
was
given
a
phys ica l
examina t ion
which
i nd i ca t ed
no
medical
i s sues
o r
pr eex i s t i ng
medical
c o n d i t i o n s .
3 _ Since h i s a r r i v a l , Rahman
had
been
cons i s t en t ly uncooperat ive
and d i sp layed evidence of a h i gh
l eve l o f t r a i n i n g on r e s i s t ance
to
i n t e r r oga t i on
t echn iques .
While
cons i s t en t l y ca lm
and cont ro l l ed
dur ing i n t e r a c t i o n wi t h
CIA of f ice r s ,
Rahman
repor ted ly was-extremely h o s t i l e
guards
a t
t he faci itr
and
had d i r e c t l y
t h r e a t e n e d ~ g u a r d s
dur ing the week
of
November 2002.
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on
t he
af t e rnoon
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t h a t t ime Rahman was
assessed
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normal c e l l
checks
dur ing
the
even ing
o f
j
INovember
and
t he
ea r l y
morning o f
November, Rahman
appeared
in normal phys ica l
cond i t ion .
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t he
morning
o f 0 N o v e m b e r
2002, CIA personnel v i s i t i n g
t he
f a c i l i t y
were adv i sed
guards
t h a t Rahman
was
a s l e e p b u t
had
some
problem.
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a r r iva l a t h i s ce l l , CIA
o f f i c e r s
d i scovered t ha t Rahman was
dead.
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o f f i c e r s
no ted t h a t
a smal l amount of d r i ed blood was observed in and around
Rahman s nose and
mouth.
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medic
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and
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the
body. This
examinat ion
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no obvious
contusions, abras ions ,
marks ,
.
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o f
a
s pec i f i c
cause
of
dea t h .
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send_ing a team o f
o f f i c e r s
to
to conduct an
inqu i ry
i n t o R a h T ~ n s death , i nc l ud i ng an
_ _ _ ~ _ _ _ j
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the
cause of death .
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The Honorable Pat Roberts
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U s h l n ~ n . D . C . 20.505
Selec t
Committee
on
In te l l igence
United
States Senate
Washington,
D.C. 20510
·30 January
.2003
N a t S e c A c t ~ a r
Mr. Chairman:·
~ / I
am
enclosing a memorandum I recent ly
received from
the Inspector
General.
giving
not ice oE his
in . tent ion
to review cer ta in aspects
of .
our interrogatiOI'l;
program.
I support the Inspector Genera l ' s plans .
Last
Fal l
we
br ie fed
the .
then · leadership of the Committees
·with respect
' to our use
of
cer t a in
Attorney
General
approved in ter rogat ion techniques and,
as you know, we have been at tempting to schedule
an
in t roductory
br ie f ing
and
an update on these tech,niques for you.· I
understand that
our Direc tor
of
Congressional
Affa i r s has been in
touch with your s t a f f
to
se t
a
date and
I
would very
much
l i ke to
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in -- -
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and your
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Mr.
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n o t i f i c a t ~ o n on
29 November 2002. At tha·t t ime,
we
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a team to to inves t igate
the
circllinstances
of
Rahman· s
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General
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incj..dent where
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been
mishandled.
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reques t of the
Inspector
General, t:;.he formal
d isc ip l inary
processes i n i t i a t ed by . the DDO have been
temporar i ly
suspended p e n d i n ~ the resu l t s o f the Inspector G e n e r a l ~ s
inves t igat ion . While we wil l have
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Mr. Vice
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am enclosing
a memorandum I recent ly
N a t S e c c t ~ c e i ved
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the
Inspector General
giving not ice
of his
in ten t ion to review cer ta in aspects of our in terrogat ion program.
I support ·the· Inspector G enera l 's
plans. Last
Fal l we
briefed
the then
leadership
of the Committees
with
respect to our use of
cer ta in Attorney General approved in terrogat ion techniques and,
as you know, we have been attempting to
schedule
an.introductory
brief ing and an
update on
these
techniques
for you.
I
understand
that
our
Director
of Congressional A f f a i ~ s
has
been· in
touch ·with your
s ta f f
to se t a· date and I would
very
much
l ike
to
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soon as
poss ib le .
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on
29 November 2002. At tha t time, we indica ted tha t we
were
sending
a team.·to ]to ~ n v e s t i g a t e the
circumstances
of
Rahman's
death.
That
invest igat ion
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and we
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the near
future.
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request
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the ·
Inspector
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formal
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the
DDO have
been
temporarily
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resul t s
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no
reason
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we
should not br ie f you. on
th i s
event ·as soon
as
poss ib le , as
we.intended before the· Inspector General was invi ted
to
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his probe.
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I support the
Inspector
General ' 's
plans.
Last Fal l , we briefed
the
then leadership
of the
Committees-with
respec t to our use of
cer ta in
Attorney General· approved
in terrogat ion
techniques and,
as
you knowi we
have been at tempting to schedule an in t roductory
br ie f ing and an update
on
these techniques for you. I
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