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CIA Cable: Eyes Only - Details re: 07 August 2002 Cycle of Interrogations of Abu Zubaydah

Aug. 7, 2002 | CIA | ACLU-RDI 6656
This cable provides a report of day 4 of the cycle of interrogation carried out on detainee Abu Zubaydah on August 7, 2002. It includes details of interrogators using a combination of waterboarding, walling, cramped confinement, and insult slaps in order to extract information from Zubaydah. It also describes how, after passing the 72-hour mark since the last dressing change on a wound on Zubaydah's leg, a medical professional dressed as an interrogator in order to inspect the wound and change the dressing without disrupting the interrogation session.