December 14

Interrogation team was briefed on condition of the detainee’s mental and physical state. Detainee’s hands were cuffed at his sides to prevent him from conducting his prayer ritual.

Lead begins berating detainee as coward and liar. Lead taped picture of 3 year old victim over detainees heart. Detainee is told he will never leave Cuba. Lead states that if he does not tell the truth, the interrogator will keep talking to him everyday until he does. Control orders detainee to sit up and pay attention. Control dripped a few drops of water on detainees head to keep him awake. Detainee struggles when water is dropped on his head. Detainee attempts to talk, but both control and lead scream over the detainee until he stops.

Interrogators take a break and detainee listens to white noise. Detainee goes to bathroom and is exercised while hooded. Detainee returns to booth and continues to listen to white noise.

Interrogators enter the booth and play cards while conducting a p/e down. Detainee is told that we get paid to mess with him so we might as well play cards, a leisure he cannot participate in. Detainee is told to shut up and stay awake. At times detainee began to fall asleep and water was dripped on his head as he was ridiculed. White noise was playing in the background.

Detainee was exercised and taken to the bathroom. Corpsman checks vitals and offers detainee water and food. Vitals are within normal range and detainee refuses water and food. Detainee is returned to booth and p/e down is continued.

Detainee is exercised and taken to the bathroom. Detainee refuses water. He is returned to the booth and listens to white noise until 0530 while interrogator continues p/e down. Interrogator begins to remind detainee of his low self worth, and his lack of love, laughter, religion, decision making. He was reminded of the difference of standard of living between camp x-ray and camp delta and is asked, do you want to return to your brothers in Cuba?” Detainee is non responsive. Interrogator begins to ask rhetorical questions of detainee such as do you think you will ever laugh again, love again, be loved again, know what joy is, practice your religion freely again, make decisions on your own again, communicate to others again, have friends again. Interrogator pulls out U.S. department of justice immigration and naturalization service record of deportable/ inadmissible aliens and is asked rhetorical questions about his travel to Orlando, Florida. During this rhetorical questioning he broke his silence and mentioned the names A and M. Intel officer related that A is a big fish and to exploit how he knew A.

Detainee was allowed time to think about what he wanted to say regarding his travel to the US and would be given the opportunity to go to sleep. (fact is that intel officer was going to get a picture of A for interrogator to show detainee at a later time. Next shift should see if detainee can identify this as the A he mentioned.) Detainee was taken to restroom and asked if he wanted water. Detainee refused water. Detainee was then directed to go to sleep.

Detainee awakened, taken to the bathroom and walked 10 minutes.

Interrogation entered the booth. Offered water to detainee – refused. Detainee looked angry and stated he was on strike from interrogation. Detainee unresponsive. 9-11 theme was run with religious overtones.

Detainee taken to bathroom and walked 10 minutes.

Detainee offered food and water – ate one MRE and drank one bottle of water.

Detainee taken to bathroom and walked 10 minutes. Topic of music was run with Koranic verses that support that music is not forbidden. Detainee was given an Koran to read along with the interrogators to see the verses for himself. It should be noted that the detainee had trouble finding verses in the Koran as if he had rarely read a Koran himself. He also read the Koran as any other book where devout Muslims will “sing” or chant the verses as they read. Detainee seemed self-conscious about his trouble with the Koran.

Detainee taken to bathroom and walked 10 minutes. Continued music theme.

Corpsman checks vitals – gives three bags of IV. Detainee was confronted with verses in Koran that state adding prohibitions not mentioned in the Koran is a sin. Detainee broke down crying and asking God for forgiveness, stating that he was with strangers. He still said that music was forbidden and stated that he could do nothing about the music that was played in the booth. Detainee was shown photo of Al Masri and did not recognize him. Detainee asked to pray and was denied by the interrogator. Interrogator stated that the detainee would have to regain his honor before he would be allowed to pray.

Detainee taken to bathroom and walked 10 minutes.

Interrogation began, 3rd IV began finished. Theme of being able to read cards Used, detainee stated that he did not believe in card readers but he paid close attention to the reading stating that all the innocent spirits will haunt him in this life and the next one to come.

Detainee had a Latrine break and exercise.

MD checked out a cyst on his right lower leg, and concluded that it was not infected and it would not be a problem. MD informed the detainee that he needs to drink water or else he might develop a kidney stone and it would be painful. Vitals checked 102/79 and a pulse of 49.

Latrine break and exercise. Detainee ate a MRE and consumed water. Pictures Al-Qaida members shown and the detainee said he did not know any one of them.

Latrine break and exercised. Circumstantial evidence shown to detainee and he gave the same story.

Medical check 110/72, and pulse of 59, 130 pounds.

Detainee drank a full bottle.