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UNCLASSIFIED acknowledge certain gaps in our planning/preparations, but this is the option the DDCI will lead with for POTUS consideration." That morning, the president approved moving forward with the plan to transfer Abu Zubaydah to Country . During the same Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) session, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld suggested exploring the option of putting Abu Zubaydah on a ship; however, CIA records do not indicate any further input from the principals. That day, the CIA Station in Country obtained the approval of Country 's  officials for the CIA detention site. The U.S. deputy chief of mission in Country, who was notified by the CIA Station after Country 's leadership, concurred in the absence of the ambassador, . Shortly thereafter, Abu Zubaydah was rendered from Pakistan to Country  where he was held at the first CIA detention site, referred to in this summary as "DETENTION SITE GREEN." CIA records indicate that Country was the last location of a CIA detention facility known to the president or the vice president, as subsequent locations were kept from the principals as a matter of White House policy to avoid inadvertent disclosures of the location of the CIA detention sites.


 * 3. Tensions with Host Country Leadership and Media Attention Foreshadow Future Challenges

(TS////NF) The day after the rendition of Abu Zubaydah to DETENTION SITE GREEN, the, which was responsible for the security of the detention facility, linked its support for the CIA's detention site to a request for support from the CIA. The CIA eventually provided the requested support,. According to CIA cables and internal documents, Page 23 of 499 UNCLASSIFIED