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UNCLASSIFIED TOP SECRET////NOFORN "risking that he hear of this initiative" from Country officials. . As was the case in other host countries, the ambassador in Country was told by the CIA not to speak with any other State Department official about the arrangement.

( TS////NF ) Prior to the opening of the CIA detention facility in Country, CTC Legal, , warned of possible legal actions against CIA employees in countries that "take a different view of the detention and interrogation practices employed by [the CIA]," He further recommended against the establishment of CIA facilities in countries that. 's advice was not heeded and, in December 2002, the two individuals then being detained by the CIA in Country (Abu Zubaydah and 'Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri) were transferred to Country.

( TS////NF ) The agreement to host a CIA detention facility in Country created multiple, ongoing difficulties between Country  and the CIA. Country 's proposed a written "Memorandum of Understanding" covering the relative roles and responsibilities of the CIA and, which the CIA ultimately refused to sign. Four months after the detention site began hosting CIA detainees, Country rejected the transfer of, which included Khalid Shaykh Muhammad. The decision was reversed only after the U.S. ambassador intervened with the political leadership of Country on the CIA's behalf. The following month, the CIA provided $ million to Country 's after which  officials, speaking for  and the Country  political leadership, indicated that Country  was now flexible with regard to the number of CIA detainees at the facility and when the facility would eventually be closed. The facility, which was described by the CIA as "over capacity," was nonetheless closed, as had been previously agreed, in [the fall of] 2003.

( TS////NF ) According to CIA cables, years later, officials in Country  reacted with "deep shock and regret" which they acknowledged was "." . [Country ] officials were "extremely upset" at the CIA's inability to keep secrets and were "deeply disappointed" in not having more warning TOP SECRET////NOFORN Page 74 of 499

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