Head break and 10 minute exercise. Detainee drank one bottle of water.
This is the interrogation log of Mohammed al-Qahtani. It was published in real time: each entry appearing exactly eight years after it was first recorded. It has run for the last two years. The interrogation took place at Guantanamo Bay.
January 8
0230
Head break and 10 minute exercise.
0300
Source ate 1 MRE and drank 1 bottle of water. Interrogator resumed the futility approach and centered around why the detainee still refuses to tell the truth.
0400
Head break and 10 minute exercise. Interrogator began talking about other topics such as the true definition of martyr, and Islamic beliefs. Detainee asked interrogator to tell him about hunting, and interrogator turned the topic back to futility.
0630
Head break and taken for sleep period.
1100
Detainee moved from cell to booth. He is exercised and taken to the bathroom.
1130
2a0780 enters booth and begins questioning on family history.
1300
Detainee was exercised and taken to the bathroom. Source drank water.
1330
2a0761 and 2a0780 entered booth and began to exploit sources car business contacts.
1500
Detaineee was exercised and taken to the bathroom
1630
Detainee was exercised and taken to the bathroom. Drank water.
1700
Detainee ate hot food instead of MRE.
1730
2a0780 exploited detainees family tree and car business associates who traveled to the US
1830
Detainee was exercised and taken to the bathroom. Vitals checked by corpsman and within normal limits.
1900
Detainee given nap.
2200
Detainee woken from nap, exercised, and taken to latrine.
2215
Interrogation began with questioning on the Arabs that where detained with the source.
2330
Detainee taken to latrine and exercised.