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Document: Cables Describe Use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques at Thailand Black Site Overseen by Haspel

Victoria Clark
Friday, August 10, 2018, 2:58 PM

Sixteen declassified cables were released on Friday that detail the enhanced interrogation techniques used at a CIA black site in Thailand during the time it was overseen by CIA director Gina Haspel in 2002. The cables focus on the interrogation of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national who is accused of planning the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole; they describe the use of interrogation techniques including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and wall-slamming. The cables were obtained through a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive.

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Sixteen declassified cables were released on Friday that detail the enhanced interrogation techniques used at a CIA black site in Thailand during the time it was overseen by CIA director Gina Haspel in 2002. The cables focus on the interrogation of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national who is accused of planning the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole; they describe the use of interrogation techniques including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and wall-slamming. The cables were obtained through a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by the National Security Archive. The documents are available in full below:

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Victoria Clark is an intern at Lawfare. She was formerly a national security intern in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. She is a senior at Georgetown University studying Government and History.

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