KSM cable C06669361

Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06669361 Date: 20030326 TO: DIRECTOR FROM: SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - 25 MARCH 2003 INTERROGATION OF KHALID SHAYKII MUHAMMAD ----------------------------------------BODY---------------------------------------- (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct !OP SECR~I (b)(3) NatSecAct (b)(3) CIAAct (b )(3) NatSecAct I -~I---~~~-~- -~-~-~-~~- (b )(3) NatSecAcj.-t _______ -~~~~~~-~~~~~-~~~~- --□-~~~~~~~-~- ~~-PAGE 001 (b )( 1) T 8 (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecA~c_t P 8 HER --~1 H? 260820Z _(b)( 1 ) ~0999 (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct MAR 03 STAFF 10999 1 TO: IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR. ~-------------1(b)(1)--------------, (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - 25 MARCH 2003 INTERROGATION OF KHALID SHAYKII MUHAMMAD REF: (b)(1) I I (b)(3) CIAAct NatSecAct L___-----------t(b)(3) TEXT: 1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE, FYI. 2. SUMMARY: ON 25 MARCH 2003 WAS DEBRIEFED BY ALEC TDYERS ( (KHALID SHAYKII MUHAMMAD)) (KSM) KSM CONTINUED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS AND INFORMATION CONSISTENT WITH EXPECTATIONS. KSM WAS ALLOWED SLEEP OF AT LEAST FOUR HOURS, THUS TERMINATING THE SLEEP DEPRIVATION. Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06669361 (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct

Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06669361 3. . A. ATMOSPHERICS: AT THE START OF THE INTERROGATION DAY, ( (KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD)) (KSM) WAS ORIENTED BY HVT INTERROGATORS ~----~(b)(3) (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct NatSecAct KSM WAS TOLD HIS CONDITIONS DEPENDED ON HIS CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, AND THAT HE SHOULD IMPRESS THE DEBRIEFERS WITH HIS DESIRE TO PROVIDE COMPLETE AND TRUTHFUL INFORMATION. KSM WAS TOLD IF HE DID NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATEANSWERS, OR PROVIDED INFORMATION WHICH WAS DEEMED MISLEADING, INACCURATE, OR INCOMPLETE, INTERROGATORS WOULD RETURN. B. DURING THE DAY-LONG DEBRIEFING, INDICATIONS KSM GAVE CONTINUED HE WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON QUESTIONS ASKED. HE PROVIDED RELATIVELY COMPLETE ANSWERS AND WAS FORTHCOMINGWITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PENDING OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC. C. (REPORTED IN SEPARATE INTELS) WHEN NOT BEING DEBRIEFED, KSM CONTINUOUSLY ALTERNATED BETWEEN CATNAPPING ANDWRITING. HE WROTE OVER 20 PAGES OF INFORMATION IN ARABIC (PENDING TRANSLATION) AND SAID HE WANTEDTO INSURE INTERROGATORS KNEWHE WAS TRYING TO HELP. D. AT THE END OF THE INTERROGATION DAY, KSM WAS ALLOWEDA TOWEL AND PAD, AND TOLD HE COULD SLEEP ON THE FLOOR, NAKED AND SHACKLED. IN AN APPARENT (AND SINCERELY) INCREDULOUS TONE, KSMASKED REPEATEDLY, "YOU MEAN I CAN SLEEP NOW?" 3. ENHANCED MEASURES: SLEEP DEPRIVATION, NONE UTILIZED WHICH BEGAN AT 0900 TERMINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 4. WATERBOARD: NONE. 5. ASSESSMENT: THIS SESSION. ON 18 MARCH 2003, SUBJECT'S WAS ON 25 MARCH 2003. KSM APPEARED TO HAVE REACHED HIS LIMIT, AND PROVIDED INFORMATION WHICH INTERROGATORS HAD BEEN DEMANDING. AS SOON AS THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AND VETTED BY THE ALEC SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, INTERROGATORS IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO GRADUALLYIMPROVE KSM'S CONDITIONS IN FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE~- YOU DETERMINE YOUR CONDITIONS AND WHEN YOU PROVIDE INFORMATION, YOUR CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. THROUGHOUTTHE TITRATION PROCESS, KSM REMAINED APPARENTLY WILLING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. YET TO BE SEEN IS KSM'S CONTINUED WILLINGNESS AFTER HE HAS RESTED AND RECOVERED HIS STRENGTH TO RESIST. 6. PLANS: INTERROGATORS WILL OPEN KSM'S DAY ON 26 MARCHWITH AN INTENSE INITIAL RESISTANCE BY HIM. SESSION, DESIGNED TO DISRUPT ANY RESURGENCE OF KSM WILL BE TOLD THAT HE MUST CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PROOF TO DEBRIEFERS OF HIS WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, OR HIS CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN. 7. HVT PSYCHOLOGIST COMMENTS: AS ANTICIPATED, TODAY WAS A Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06669361

'i i Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06669361 PIVOTAL DAY FOR KSM. HIS RECENT RESPONSIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVITY WERE REINFORCED BY INTERROGATORS ALLOWING HIM TEA, A SNACK, AND THE PRIVILEGE OF CONITINUING TO WRITE WHILE SITTING AT A TABLE. AS WELL AS HAVING THE APPEARANCE OF AN EARNED REWARD, THE STRONG TEA WAS INTENDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING THE SUBJECT ALERT WHILE WRITING. IN ADDITION, SITTING AT THE TABLE PROVIDED A MEANS FOR THE HVT TEAM TO REST SUBJECT'S LEGS AND AVOID SUBJECT REACHING A POINT WHERE HE COULD USE INABILITY TO STAND AS A RESISTANCE PLOY. INTERROGATORS MADE IT CLEAR THAT SUBJECT'S ABOUT CRITICAL IMPORTANTLY, DECISION TO BE FORTHCOMING INFORMATION LED TO HIS IMPROVED CONDITIONS. FURTHERMORE, INTERROGATORS UNDERSCORED THAT ANY SIGN OF REGRESSION TO LIES AND SUBJECT'S PREVIOUS RESISTANCE POSTURE WOULD RESULT IN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF PRIVILEDGES AND RE-IMPLEMENTATION OF ENHANCED MEASURES. AFTER INTERMITTANTLY WRITING AND NAPPING THROUGHOUTTHE DAY, SUBJECT WAS ALLOWED A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION. THUS, TERMINATING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SHOULD PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF WHETHER THE SUBJECT HAS TRULY SHIFTED TO A MODE OF SUSTAINED CANDIDNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY OR WILL SLIP PATTERN OF BEING FORTH. BACK INTO HIS SUBJECT SHOWED CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO APPROPRIATELY ENGAGE WITH INTERROGATORS AND TOY DEBRIEFERS DURING QUESTIONING AND DISCUSSION OF HIS WRITING. INTERACTIONS, WRITINr- w~o~ __ HE WAS ALERT AND ATTENTIVE. FLUID, DURING THESE SUBJECT'S SPEECH AND WELL-ORGANIZED, AND GOAL-DIRECTED. (b)(1) _____________ (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct ~ END OF MESSAGE Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06669361