2008 Classification Guidance for CIA High Value Detainees Information

C06579388- (minors?) CLASSIFICATION GUIDANCE FOR CIA HIGH VALUE DETAINEE INFORMATION manor CIA developed the following classi?cation guidelines to be applied throughout the legal process for the protection of classi?ed national security infonnation regarding former CIA High Value Detainees (HVDs) currently in DOD custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The classi?ed information controlled by CIA relates to the HVD rendition, detention and interrogation (RDI) program prior to September 6, 2006. Upon transfer of a CIA HVD to DOD custody, detention and interrogation is controlled by DOD and not governed by these CIA guidelines. It is important to note, however, that these are merely guidelines intended to provide Court Security O?icers with general direction about when national security information may be at issue and therefore triggering the need for protection. Since classi?cation determinations often turn on subtle nuances and carefully parsed distinctions, however, this is not an exhaustive or complete list of all categories of classi?able information. Declassi?ed Information: 0 On 6 September 2006, the President revealed the existence of the CIA High Value Detainee detention and interrogation program, when he publicly declassi?ed the transfer of 14 HVDs from CIA custody to DOD custody at Guantanamo. The transfer of two additional HVDs was publicly declassi?ed in April 2007 and March 2008'. 0 General allegations of torture are unclassi?ed, unless such allegations reveal Speci?c details and information as noted below. - The fact that interrogation techniques were used with a limited number of detainees has been declassi?ed. Also, it is declassi?ed that fewer titan 100 detainees have been in the CIA program and that less than two-thirds experienced interrogation techniques. 0 It has been declassi?ed that the waterboarding interrogation technique was used only against Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Shath Muhammad, and Abdal?Rahim al-Nashiri and that it has not been used at all since mid-2003. 9136) Classi?ed Information: 1- All statements ?'om HVDs regarding their time in program are presumptively classi?ed at the TOP COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION level, until determined otherwise by a CIA Original Classi?cation Authority, a CIA derivative classi?cation authority, or other individual duly delegated, pursuant to the . attached National Security Privilege delegation of authority. . ClAActj NatSecAct Wesson;

CO6579388 (bxii NatSecAct (brir NatSecAct i" I NatSecAct 0 mites and methods related to the Program are currently and preperly classi?ed including but not limited to the fact, nature and details concerning: 0 capture and transfer of detainees, including method and types of transport, length of trips, detention of detainees, "(bxt conditions of con?nement of detainees, (bx3) NatSecACt treatment of detainees; and names or description of any personnel invoived in the Program (W) Foreig [cooperation in the RBI Program is 0000 currently and properly claimed including but not limited to the fact, 'iiatureand-details concealing: - idetititYof-cooperatin -forei i _-]partners, 0 description of for??i'gr: cooperation,[ ]detention,l i 0 location of any overseas detention facilities. Interro ation techni ues are currently and properly classi?ed, including but not limited to the .fact, nature, and details concerning: 0 any interrogation techniques applied to detainees, sequencing, frequency, duration and/or limitations on any interrogation methods. 0 information beyond the fact of waterboarding for the three named HVDs, such as when, where, and how it was conducted remains classi?ed. Allegations of waterboarding by any detainees other than the three HVDs are false allegations of torture and are and will .. malty!? NatSecAct ?(bx1) NatSecAct (3W) Information about questions, answers, and requirements used in CLA interrogation and debrie?ng sessions are currently and properly classi?ed at the level. All information concerning the above operational sources and methods, couperation and/0r interrogation techniques, whether accurate or inaccurate, is currently and properly classified at the level. (SW) All information, whether related to the Program or not, that is otherwise classi?able under applicable Executive Orders including intelligence sources, methods, activities. This includes, but is not limited to, Speci?c CIA activities or intelligence collection occurring overseas, identities of CIA personnel, and CIA relationships with foreign persons or Mommas 2