E. Tensions with Country [Redacted] Relating to the CIA Detention Facility and the Arrival of New Detainees

E. Tensions with Country [Redacted] Relating to the CIA Detention Facility and the Arrival of New Detainees

¶According to CIA records, three weeks after [Redacted]

¶[Redacted] and political leadership of Country [Redacted] agreed to host a CIA detention facility, the CIA informed the U.S. ambassador, because, as was noted in a cable, by not doing so, the CIA was

¶"risking that he hear of this initiative" from Country [Redacted] officials.³⁷⁵³⁷⁵ [REDACTED] [Redacted] As was the case in other host countries, the ambassador in Country [Redacted] was told by the CIA not to speak with any other State Department official about the arrangement.³⁷⁶³⁷⁶ DIRECTOR [Redacted] [Redacted]

¶( T S [Redacted] P H P r i o ^ ^ j j e opening of the CIA detention facility in Country [Redacted] [Redacted]

¶[Redacted] Legal, [Redacted] warned of possible legal actions against CIA employees in countries that "take a different view of the detention and interrogation practices employed by [theCIAj."³⁷⁷³⁷⁷ [Redacted] [Redacted] 10640J He further recommended against the establishment of CIA facilities in countries that [Redacted] 3 7 8

¶[Redacted] advice was not heeded and, in December 2002, the two individuals then being detained by the CIA in Country [Redacted] (Abu Zubaydah and 'Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri) were transferred to Country [Redacted] 3 7 9

¶The agreement to host a CIA detention facility in Country [Redacted] created multiple, ongoing difficulties between Country [Redacted] and the CIA. Country [Redacted] ' s [Redacted]

¶[Redacted] proposed a written "Memorandum of Understanding" covering the relative roles and responsibilities of the CIA and [Redacted] which the CIA ultimately refused to sign.³⁸⁰³⁸⁰ [REDACTED] [Redacted] 18881 Four months after the detention site began hosting CIA detainees, Country [Redacted] rejected the transfer o [Redacted] which included Khalid Shaykh Muhammad. The decision was reversed only after the U.S. ambassador intervened with the political leadership of Country [Redacted] o n the CIA's behalf.³⁸¹³⁸¹ [REDACTED] [Redacted] 26661 The following montiMheClAprovided $ [Redacted] million to Country [Redacted]s

¶~3X2 [Redacted] after which [Redacted] officials, speaking for [Redacted] a n d the Country [Redacted] political leadership, indicated that Country [Redacted] was now flexible with regard to the number of CIA detainees at the facility and when the facility would eventually be closed.³⁸³³⁸³ [REDACTED] 3280 [Redacted] According to the cable, the CIA Station speculated that the change of position was "at least somewhat attributable... to our gift of [Redacted] million...." The facility, which was describedby the CIA as "over capacity," was nonetheless closed, as had been previously agreed, in [Redacted] [the fall of] 2003.³⁸⁴³⁸⁴ See Volume I for additional details.

[Redacted] [Redacted] F ) According to CIA cables, years later, [Redacted] officials in [Redacted] reacted and [Redacted]

¶[Redacted] h i c h they acknowledged was [Redacted] [Redacted]

¶[Redacted] [Redacted] o f f i c i i w c r c "extremely upset"³⁸⁶³⁸⁶ [REDACTED] 7849 ([REDACTED] [ R E D A C r e D ] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ at the CIA's inability to keep secrets and were "deeply disappointed" in not having had more warning of President Bush's September 2006 public acknowledgment of the CIA program.³⁸⁷³⁸⁷ [REDACTED] 9210 (231043Z SEP 06) The CIA Station, for its part, described the [Redacted] a s a " s e r j o u s b] o w » to the bilateral relationship.³⁸⁸³⁸⁸ [REDACTED] 7839 ([REDACTED]). Email from: [REDACTED]; to [REDACTED]; subject: BOMBSHELL; date: [REDACTED], Email from: [REDACTED]; to: [REDACTED], [REDACTED]; subject: CIA Prisons in [Country [Redacted] ; date: [REDACTED], Email from: [REDACTED]; to: [REDACTED], [REDACTED]; subject: 1 think [Redacted] had to react [REDACTED], [Redacted] date: [REDACTED].