KSM cable C06676662

-,- Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06676662 Date: 20030317 TO: DIRECTOR FROM: SUBJECT: (b)(1) EYES ONLY - 16 MARCH 2003 INTERROGATION OF KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD ----------------------------------------BODY---------------------------------------- (b)(3) CIAAct·----------------------~ (b)(3) NatSecAct I NatSecAct c(b)(3) (b)(3) NatSecAct 'P0P Sl3E!Rl3'P (b)(3) CIAAct (b )(3) NatSecAct TOR: 170747Z MAR C(b)(1) 10858 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -:-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - -(b)(3) NatSecAct- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IO PS Ee CITE IMMEDIATE DIRECTOR. ( FOR: I MAR 03 STAFF (b )( 1) (b)(3) NatSecAct 10858 TO: (b)(1) It f!l 'f 170741Z b)(3) CIAAct I (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct---------------1 SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - 16 MARCH 2003 INTERROGATION OF KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD (b)(3) NatSecAct ~F, (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct ~---------------- TEXT: 1. ACTION REQUIR~D: 2. ATMOSPHERICS: . ·A. NONE, FYI. ON 16 MARCH 2003 ( (KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD))(KSM) WAS INTERROGATED BY HVT INTERROGATORS ~-------------~-AL_E_C_T_D_Y-ER_S ________________ ~----7 ~----- CONDUCTEDDETAILED DEBRIEFING OF KSM DURING T~E SESSIONS. Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06676662 (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct

Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06676662 : B. KSM PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION ON HASSAN ( (GHUL) ) AND OTHER AL-QA'IDA PERSONALITIES. AS. PREVIOUSLY, KSM WAS RESPONSIVE IN DISCUSSING THE NON-THREATENING QUESTIONS. ANY.DISCUSSION INTERESTS. HE CONTINUED TO PROTECT OF US TARGETS OR IMMINENT ATTACKS AGAINST US HE ATTEMPTED TO MISDIRECT WHEN ASKED TO LIST TARGETS IN THE US WHICH COULD BE ATTACKED, AND WAS GIVEN PAPER AND A PRISON PEN AND TOLD TO LIST ALL THE TARGETS IN THE US WHICH HAD BEEN APPROVED BY USAMA ( (BIN LADIN) ) . C. AT .THE SECOND MEETING KSM PRESENTED HIS LIST, INTERROGATORS AND DEBRIEFERS DISCUSSED WITH HIM. REPORTED IN INTEL TRAFFIC) WHICH (INFORMATION HADNO KSM CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN THAT HE PLANNED TARGETS IN THE US WHICH WERE PENDING ATTACK, THAT HE HAD BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING THE AL-QA.'IDA FAMILIES SINCE 9/11, AFTER 9/11 THE US HAD BECOME TOO HARDA REVERTED TO HIS STANDARD STORY THAT JOSE ((REID)) TARGET. INFILTRATE,INTO WHEN PRESSED, ((PADILLA)) HAD BEEN THE LAST OPERATIVES AL-QA'IDA AND THAT KSM. AND RICHARD HAD ATTEMPTED TO THE US, AND THAT KSM HAD NO OPERATIVES IN THE US AT THIS TIME. D. INTERROGATORS TOLD KSM THAT HE WAS' ONLY PROLONGING HIS PROBLEMS, AND THEY WOULDCONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IMMINENT THREATS TO THE US UNTIL HE ANSWEREDTHE QUESTION SATISFACTORILY. KSM WAS TAKEN TO THE WATER BOARD, WHERE HE BEGGED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK. WHEN ALLOWED TO TALK, HE REPEATED HIS SAME STORY THAT HE HAD TOLD EVERYTHING. AT ONE POINT DURING THE INTERROGATION, INTERROGATORS TOLD KSM THAT HE WAS EITHER STUPID AND INCOMPETENT AS THE CHIEF OF EXTERNAL OPERATIONS OF AL-QA'IDA, OR THAT HE WAS LYING WHEN HE SAID HE HAD NO PENDING OPERATIONS AGAINST THE US. ON THE WATER BOARD, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS CURRENT PLANS AGAINST THE. US, KSM SAID, HAVE ANY. I'M 3. "I DON'T STUPID." ENHANCED MEASURES: PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF REF B, APPROPRIATE MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSONNEL WERE PRESENT. ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES FOR KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD WERE (b )( ) 1 (b)( 3 ) (b)(3) AUTHORIZED BY REF B., AUTHORIZED TO BE EMPLOYED BY CERTIFIED CIAActINTERROGAToRs ~-------------------NatSecAct THE FOLLOWING ENHANCED MEASURES WERE EMPLOYED BY FACIAL (b )( 1) (b)(3) (b)(3) CIAAct NatSecAct GRASP, WALLING, ATTENTION GRASP, INSULT- SLAP. 4. (b)(1) (b)(3) (b)(3) WATER BOARD: IN ONE SESSION ON 16 MARCH 2003, KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD WAS SUBJECTED TO THE WATER BOARD BY INTERROGATORS CIAAct==,------------------------NatSecAcL] (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) 5. ASSESSMENT: AL-QA'IDA CONUS. KSM CONTINUES TO PROTECT ANY INFORMATION ON PLANS, CAPABILITIES, PERSONNEL, AND OPERATIONS AGAINST OF NOTE IS THAT KSM ALWAYS OFFERS THE SAME MANTRAWHEN ASKED ABOUT ATTACKS PLANNED AGAINST THE US - HIS EFFORTS FOR FOLLOW-ON Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06676662 NatSecAct

/ Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06676662 OPERATIONS AFTER 9/11 RICHARD REID. POST-9/11 STARTED AND STOPPED WITH JOSE PADILLA AND KSM REFUSES TO -DISCUSS WHETHER AL-QA'IDA BY PRE-POSITIONING PREPARED FOR PERSONNEL IN THE US. THE CONDITIONING OF THE INTERROGATION PROCESS IS PROCEEDING, HOWEVER, AND HIS DEFENSES MAY BE WEAKENING. THE DREAD OF THE WATER BOARD HAS INCREASED SO THAT HE WHIMPERS AND PLEADS WHENEVERIT IS THREATENED. HE APPEARS ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE DEBRIEFING SESSIONS AND THE HARD INTERROGATION SESSIONS, AND CONTINUES TO BE RESPONSIVE WHEN DEBRIEFED. ABOUT NON-US INFORMATION. 6. PLANS: HVTI TEAM PLANS TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON KSM BY RESTARTING THE SLEEP DEPRIVATION (SLEEP DEPRIVATION INITIATED MARCH 2?03 AT 1800) BY A POSSIBLE 17 MAR WATER BOARD SESSION. WATER BOARD SESSION, AFTER RECOVERING FROM THE KSM WILL BE PLACED IN THE STANDING SLEEP DEPRIVATION POSITION. DEBRIEFERS, ON 16 AND MAINTAINING THE HARD INTERROGATIONS, FOLLOWED TO INSURE KSM REMAINS RESPONSIVE TO THE ALEC THE DEBRIEFING SESSIONS WILL BE FENCED AND WILL NOT BE FOCUSED TO RESULT IN A NON-RESPONSE, FOLLOWEDBY THE W~TER BOARD ON THE NON-RESPONSE. HARD INTERROGATION SESSIONS WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE US THREAT AND WILL BE REINFORCED BY ENHANCEDMEASURES AND THE WATER (b)(1) BOARD, (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct1. IF KSM REMAINS UNRESPONSIVE. MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS: SEE SEPARATE MEDICAL REVIEW ~---~ ON NINTH SESSION WITH KSM. 8. SM PSYCHOLOGIST COMMENTS: SUBJECT CONTINUES TO APPEAR ALERT, STEADY, FAIRLY STRONG, AND COMPOSED DURING DEBRIEFING AND INTERROGATION SESSIONS.. IN ADDITION, HE CONTINUES TO USE SEVERAL RESISTANCE STRATEGIES WHEN CONFRONTEDWITH QUESTIONS ADDRESSING DIRECT THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES.. SPECIFICALLY, HE SEEMS TO RELY ON DENIAL OF ACCESS AND KNOWLEDGE.,LACK OF APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTED AND TRAINED OPERATORS, AND ARGUMENTSTHAT POST-9/11 DIFFICULT A TARGET. AMERICA IS TOO THE FEW TIMES SUBJECT HAS MADE LONG PAUSES AND APPEARED SPEECHLESS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH BLUNT QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS KNOWLEDGEOF PREPARATION FOR AND TARGETS OF CURRENT OPERATIONS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. SUBJECT UNDERWENTA WATER BOARD SESSION IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FOLLOWING HIS REFUSAL TO OFFER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES OR TO PRESENT A REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR WHY HE WOULDN'T KNOWABOUT SUCH OPERATIONS. WHINED AND WIMPERED AS HE WAS LED TO THE WATER BOARD. SUBJECT IN ADDITION, HE CONTINUED TO TALK WITH INTERROGATORS AND PLEAD HIS IGNORANCE WHILE ON THE WATER BOARD.. THE INTERRROGATORS CONTINUED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROCESS WOULD END IMMEDIATELY IF SUBJECT WAS FORTHCOMINGABOUT HIS, USAMA'S, STATES. OR OTHERS' _CURRENT OPERATIONS AGAINST THE UNITED ALTHOUGH HIS EFFECTIVENESS IS MARKEDLYDIMINISHED, SUBJECT STILL MAKES ATTEMPTS TO USE COUNTER MEASURES TO AMELIORATE THE WATER BOARD PROCESS. SUBJECT CONTINUES TO SHOW INCREASED EMOTION AND DISCOMFORT WHILE ON THE WATER BOARD. PER TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS, THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PROFOUND OR PERMANENT EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM. Approved for Release: 2017/12/27 C06676662 (b )( 1) (b)(3) CIAAct (b)(3) NatSecAct

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