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"a compliant detainee" who was not "withholding important thi'eat information."^'^^ Officers from the CIA's ALEC Station at CL Headquarters responded: "it is inconceivable to us that al-Nashiri cannot provide us concrete leads.... When we are able to capture other terrorists based on his leads and to thwart future plots based on his reporting, we will have much more confidence that he is, indeed, genuinely cooperative on some level."^"^^ Later, after multiple follow-up debriefings, DETENTION SITE

BLUE officers again wrote that they had "reluctantly concluded" that al-Nashiri was providing "logical and rational explanations" to questions provided by CIA Headquarters and therefore they recommended "against resuming enhanced measures" unless ALEC Station had evidence al-Nashiri was lying.^"^^ A cable from the detention site stated: "without tangible proof of lying or intentional withholding, however, we believe employing enhanced measures will accomplish nothing except show [al-Nashiri] that he will be punished whether he cooperates or not, thus eroding any remaining desire to continue cooperating.... [The] bottom line is that we think [al-Nashiri] is being cooperative, and if subjected to indiscriminate and prolonged enhanced measures, there is a good chance he will either fold up and cease cooperation, or suffer the sort of permanent mental harm prohibited by the statute. Therefore, a decision to resume enhanced measures must be

grounded in fact and not general feelings."^"^ 2. CIA Headquarters Sends Untrained Interrogator to Resume Al-Nashiri's Interrogations; Interrogator Threatens al-Nashiri with a Gun and a Drill After the DETENTION SITE BLUE chief of Base sent two

interrogators back to the United States because of "prolonged absences from family" and the

"facUha^nhan^d measures are no longer required for al-Nashiri," CIA Headquarters sent

lllimillll^^HI [CIA OFFICER 2], aCIA

officer who had not been trained or qualified

as an interrogator, to DETENTION SITE BLUE to question and assess al-Nashiri.

3^2 alec

10030 (111541Z DEC 02) (180247Z DEC 02) 10085 (230906Z DEC 02) 10085 (230906Z DEC 02)

10040 (122122Z DEC02^rior to

[CIA OFFICER 2's] deployment, CIA records

included numerous concerns about |BHH [CIA OFFICER 2's] anger management, information on BHH [CIA OFFICER 2] and other CIA personnel in the program with similar alarming issues in their background, see Vohime III. The CIA's June 2013 Response states

that: "I some of the |

officers mentioned in the S t u d y — h a v e been

exclude^^Tiucl^^hed^^

information was not in fact available to senior managers making assignments | " Notwithstandin^h^IA's June 2013 assertion, as detailed in Volume III, senior

managers were aware of concerns related toH|^^H[CIA0FFICER2]priOT to his deployment. I Ml' Ml II || I

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