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UNCLASSIFIED TOP SECRET////NOFORN 10, 2004, to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia. The inspector general report concluded that there was no corroboration of the linguist's allegation, stating, "[t]here is no evidence that a cloth was placed over Abu Hazim's face during water dousing or that his breathing was impaired."


 * 5. Hambali Fabricates Information While Being Subjected to the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

( TS////NF ) In the summer of 2003, the CIA captured three Southeast Asian operatives: Zubair, Lillie, and Hambali. (These captures are discussed later in this summary in the section entitled, "The Capture of Hambii.")

( TS////NF ) In August 2003, Hambali was captured and transferred to CIA custody. Despite assessments that Hambali was cooperative in the interview process without "the use of more intrusive standard interrogation procedures much less the enhanced measures," CIA interrogators requested and obtained approval to use the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques on Hambali approximately a month after his transfer to CIA custody. In late 2003, Hambali recanted most of the significant information he had provided to interrogators during the use of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques, recantations CIA officers assessed to be credible. According to a CIA cable: TOP SECRET////NOFORN Page 108 of 499

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