Death Investigation Gul Rahman

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28 January 2003

MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Direc tor fo r Opera t ions

VIA:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

Assoc ia te Deputy Direc tor fo r

Opera t ions /Counte r in te l l igence

Death Inves t iga t ion Gul RAHMAN

b) 1)

SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION

b) 3) NatSecAct

1 .

~

The

scope

of

i n v es t ig a t io n was to

determine

the cause

of

thel__ j November 2002

death

of

Gul

t

ember

of

Hezb i i ~ a h e s u:::::o:::ained

i n t e r ro g a t io n by

CIA

personnel j

l

I

I

Informat ion

conta ined in t h i s

repor t regard ing

the background of

=

well .

as the

t rea tment

of de ta inees a t .

. lS

provlded

for background

and

.context as ~

r e a t e s to the i n v es t ig a t io n of the death of Gul RAHMAN

I t

i s

not

in tended to be a comprehensive review, survey or

i n spe c t i on

of the

opera t iona l procedures

a t

I b)

1

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b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAc

b) 3) NatSe

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b) 7) c)

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BACKGROUND

ON

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b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

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20

ce l l s

loca ted inside the pr i son

I The c e l l s are

I

s tand a lone concre te boxes . I

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ S e p

2002

(Attachment 1)

2

~ S e p

2002

(Attachment

2)

3 May 2002 (Attachment

3)

4

un

2002

(Attachment 4)

s Jun 2002 (Attachment 5)

6

I Jun

2002 (Attachment 6)

7

Oct 2002

(Attachment 7)

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Four

o f

the

c e l l s

have

high

bar s

t h a t

run

between

two

walls

to

which pr i soners can be

secured

These four

ce l l s are

des igned fo r

s leep

de p r iva t i on J

I Stereo

speakers

in

h e

c e l l b l oc k

play cons tan t

music to prevent communications

between de ta inees

8

9

8

(b)( 1)

(b)(3) CIAAct

(b)(3) NatSecAct

(b)(6)

(b)(7)(c)

(b )(7)(f)

ay

2002

(Attachment

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ct

2002 (Attachment

9

Jun 2002 (Attachment 10

Sep 2002 (Attachment 11

1 2 L _ I n c t _ e _ r v c c i e _ w _ o ~ f ~ _ _ _ j _ _ _ . _ _ __ _.______ Nov

2002

(Attachment 12

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2002

(Attachment 14

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b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

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b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

~ ~ 1 Betweenl__ August andl_ Sep tember 2002,

b) 1)

able to make arrangements with the BOP to

r = = - = = ~ - = i c : _ : _ n

I Iguard

On I I September

2002,

I I

cab led

Headquar te rs an noted

~

they

looked

forward t(b)(

1

)

rece iv ing

a t imel ine for the TDY of

BOP personnel(b)(

3

) N

atSecAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

.; .

20 Jun 2002 (Attachment 17 b) 1)

2

Jul2002

(Attachment

18

b) 3) CIAAct

22 Aug

2002

(Attachment 19

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RAHMAN

NatSecAct

b) 1)

(b)(3)

NatSecAct

1

indica t ing sooner is

b ~

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On

D

November 200:(b){1)L

N

tS

A t

BOP off icers

arrived

in

~ n d

t ra lned

the

(b)(3)

NatSecAct

a ec c guards

from

November. BOP ins t ruc tors t ra ined _ j

c===Jguards in re s t ra in t techniques, escor t procedures,

secur i ty checks,

entrance

procedures,

ce l l searches , watch

ca l l s ,

and patd

0

wn

searches. BOP also

made a number of

recommendations

to

im

rove the secur i t of

the

r i son .

25

b) 1)

b) 1)

(b)(3) CIAAct

(b)(3)

NatSecAct

(b)(6)

(b)(7)(c)

b ) 7) f)

-(b)(3) CIAAct:::====:;-

(b)(3)

NatSecAct

(Attachment 20)

(Attachment 21)

- o 2 - c - 6 l c - n ~ t e - r v ~ i e _ w _ o = f

~ N o v 2002 (Attachment

13)

7

Interview of Dec

2002

(Attachment 1

)

(b)(1

)m ?00?

Attachment

11)

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Nov

2002 (Attachment 13)

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31 Interview ol(b)(6) Nov 2002 (Attachment 22)

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Invest igat ion

- Gul RAHMA(b)(7)(c)

f)

(b )(7)(f)

7. ts Heating and cooling are problematic a t the

prison fac i l i ty

There

i s

no

insulat ion in

the

building

and

no centra l

heating or cooling.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The

fac i l i ty i s

hot in the

summer and

cold in

the winter . There are cei l ing

fans tha t

help

cool

the

fac i l i ty in

the summer. According to

__

in

l a te September 2002, Stat ion purchased 10 e lec t r ic

h e t e r ~

that were

delivered

in

early October 2002.

Five

of

the

e lec t r ic heaters

were placed in the

administrat ive

sect ion

of the

pr ison

and

f ive

were

placed

in

the

guard

shacks.

I

I In mid-Oct6ber 2002, five gas heaters

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

were purchased

and del ivered

sometime shor t ly

the rea f te r

All

five

gas

heaters were placed in

the

guard towers.

In

ear ly

November

2002

f ive more

gas heaters were purchased

and

del ivered

a t

a

l a t e r

date.

These

heaters

were

placed

in

the housing area

of

the prison.

These heaters

were in

place pr ior to RAHMAN s death. On D November 2002, the

day of RAHMAN s death, f ive more gas heaters were ordered

~ se t up

in

the housing area circa D November

2002.

On

L__j

November 2002 15

more

gas heaters

were

ordered and se t

up

sometime

in December

2002.

Some

were

used to replace

broken heaters .

34

According

to

I

there

are

approximately 15 gas heaters current ly se t up

in

the

prisoner housing area.

35

has now placed a

thermometer ins ide the

hous1ng

area

321nterview

ot[(b

)(

1) Dec 2002 (Attachment

15)

33lnterview of

(b)(3) CIAAct

Dec

2002(Attachment

15)

3 4 Lotus Note

fr((b)(3) NatSecAct

N ov 2002

(Attachment

23)

351nterview o((b)(6)

Dec

2002

(Attachment 15)

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CIAAct

NatSecAct

NatSecAct

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NatSecAct

CIAAct

NatSecAct

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SUBJECT:

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b) 3)

CIAAct

Death Inves t iga t ion

- Gul RAHMAN b) 3) NatSecAct

1 b) 1)

~ - b ) 3 ) C I A A c t = = = = = = = = = = = = = ~ ~ ; - - - - - - - : - - ~

b) 3) NatSecAct (b)(1 )l

b) 3) NatSecAct

I

10. f. ) According

to

a CIA

medical

o f f i c e r TDY tol a t

the

end

of August, 2002, ~ ~

had agreed

t o p r o v i d e phys ic ian

to examine t he

p r i sone r s .

As of

LJNovember

2 0 0 2 ~ a s f a i l ed to do

so.

As

a

r e s u l t , St a t i on

assumed

b ~ a u l t

the

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of

t ak ing

care of. the

p r i so n e r ' s he a l t h

1are

needs .

s t a t ed

t h a t

he

f i r s t

vis i ted

Jon

~ o v e m b e r

2002,

sh o r t l y

a f t e r

h i s a r r i v a l

for

h i s second

ToY tol I s t a t e d

t h a t

i f a pr i sone r

b e c o ~ e s

ill, he and

another

Sta t ion medic go t o l I

and

t r e a t them. s t a t ed

th a t h i s guidelnes for

t r ea t i n g the pr i soner s were vague and needed to be fu r th e r

def ined. I s ta ted

t h a t he c::. 1 1

.,, +-h - - ' - ~ . _ , _ . _ _ - < . L . . L ~

of

the

Off1ce

of

Medical Serv ices b) 3) CIAAct

(OMS and asked

for guidance.

was t o ld , ~ t h e

Hippocrat ic Oath s t a t e s t h a t if someone i s sick, you t r e a t

t -horn 114 b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct b) 3) NatSecAct

11.

rm

d a t e d D

November

2002,

.

provides a

d e ta i l ed

ou t l ine of St a t i o n ' s

medical

suppor t

to

the de ta inees

a t rhe

cable i s quoted below in

i t s entiretY b)

1

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SUBJECT: b) 3) CIAAct

DETAINEES

b) 3) NatSecAct

.REF:

NONE

TEXT:

STATION

MEDICAL SUPPORT T

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

1

ACTION REQUIRED:

NONE FYI

ONLY

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

.....

~ = = = = = = = = = :

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Death nves t i ga t i on

Gul RAHMAN

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

I STATION MEDICAL PERSONNEL ALSO

PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL SUPPORT

ON

AN AS NEEDED BASIS

THIS TYPICALLY

CONSISTS OF

.TREATMENT

FOR

ACUTE MEDICAL

PROBLEMS ND FOLLOW UP TREATMENT

FOR

P R ~ X I S T I N G MEDICAL

CONDITIONS.

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Gul RAHMAN

b) 1) b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct______ b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct b) 3) NatSecAct

THE

LAST

REGUL4R

ASSISTANCE VISIT

TO

WAS CONDUCTED

FROM N O V EM B E R 2002. THE NEXT PLANNED VISIT WILL BE

DURING

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2002.

BASED

ON THE LAST

3

) CIAAct

VISIT, FOLLOW-UP CARE WAS PROVIDED TO

SEVERAL

3

) NatSecAct INMATES FROM [ b)

1

j NOVEMBER 2002. b) 1)

- - - - -- - - - -- - b ) 3 ) CIAAct----,

b) 3) CIAAct b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

DURING THE MOST RECENT

~ ~ ~ ~

SCHEDULED VISIT

TO

______ __ __ D E T I N E E S WHO

PREVIOUSLY

IDENTIFIED

THEMSELVES AS

DIABETICS

WERE

TESTED

FOR BLOOD

SUGAR

LEVELS

WHICH WERE NORMAL),

DETAINEE

WITH A

VARIETY

OF

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS WAS

PRESCRIBED FIVE

DIFFERENT

MEDICATIONS, AND SEVERAL

DETAINEES

WERE

PRESCRIBED MILD PAIN RELIEVERS.

URINE

TESTING

OF THE

INMATES INDICATED

ALL

OF THE DETAINEES WERE

RECEIVING SUFFICIENT

NOURISHMENT AND

HYDRATION. ALL

OF THE

DETAINEES

AT . WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GUL RAHMAN)

HAVE BEEN FULLY

COOPERATIVE

WITH THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN

RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT

THEIR

HEALTH AND WELFARE.

THE ONE EXCEPTION, GUL RAHMAN, WOULD O N ~ Y STATE

THAT

NatSecAct

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b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

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R HM N

TRE TMENT

OF

PRISONERS

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

14. + 1 al off icer , i s

r espons ib le

for de ta inee a f f a i r s

atl s t a t i o n , and i s

viewed

by

St a t i on

management

and personnel

as the

~ s i t

manager .

a r r i ve d i n

I I on

D

August

2

002.

.

Pr io r to his a r r i v a l in I

II

I did

not

know he

would

be r espons ib le fo r de ta inee

a f f a i r s . s tAted t h a t he

l ea rned t h a t

he would

have t h i s r ~ s p o n s i i l i t+--v------,

(b)(

1

)

approximate ly

three

days

a f t e r

hi s

a r r i v a l

in l

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) 3) C IAAc

lwas approx imate ly one month shor t o f being

L_o_p_e_r_a_t--c-i-on_jal a t the t ime

of I Ia r r i v a l .

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

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b) 7) f)________

_

b

1

(

1

)

Oct

2002 Attachment

28

Apr 2002

Attachment

29

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(b)(6)

, ---------------------- b) 7) c),---------,

Death Invest igat ion - Gul

(b )(7)(f)

15. f ) h I a

Psychologist

w o

works

for CIA

as an

independent

contractor

and

is

involved in the

use

of

enhanced

interrogation

techniques

with high value targets spent

weeks a t from ear l to mid-

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o l

l oe 2002 Attachment 15

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2003 Attachment 30

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Inves t iga t ion - Gul RAHMAN

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Although does not have

a

wr i t t en

se t

o f

Standard Operat ing

Procedures

(a

f law

noted

by

~ ~ h a s es tab l i shed a s tandard

method

o f

opera t ion. For

secur i ty reasons,

pr i soners

are

brought

to

the

f a c i l i t y

with t h e i r

hands

and

fee t

shackled.

Blindfolds are p laced

over t h e i r eyes

and a

hood

i s placed

over

t h e i r heads.

Ear plugs

are

a lso

placed

in

t h e i r

ea rs ;

This i s done

so t ha t pr i soners

have

no

knowledge o f

where

they are being

housed,

cannot

hear what i s being sa id

around them, and have no idea i f

they

are alone or

with

other p r i soners . Addi t ional ly , it prevents any form o f

communication

between

pr i soners . Prisoners are handled by

guards in complete s i lence .

Hand

s igna ls are

used

by

the

guards

to

communicate

with

each

bther .

Pr i soners

are

dressed

in sweatsu i ts a n d adu l t

diape r s . The

diape rs

are

used for

san i t a ry reasons dur ing t ranspor ta t ion , and as a

means to humil ia te the

pr i soner .

When

pr i soners

are

del ivered

to

t h e i r

6e l l ,

one hand or

o o ~ i s

shackled to

the wal l .

This i s done

for the

sa fe ty

of the guard .

Later, the manner in

which

a pr i soner i s shackled i s

based

on

his leVel of coopera t ion and the d n g ~ r he presen ts to

the guards. However, a l l prisoners are shackled

in

some

manner. I f

t hey

are not

shackled

to the wall , t h e i r hands

and fee t may be shackled.

I f a

pr i soner

i s uncoopera t ive ,

o r

presents

a

s ign i f i can t

physica l

t h rea t to

the guards,

he

may be

shackled

in

a

shor t

chain pos i t ion . This method

was taught to the guards by BOP

i n s t ruc to rs

as a sa fe r

a l t e rna t ive

to hog- tying pr i soners . Hog-tying pr i soners

has

r e su l t ed in a number of deaths

in

the US and

t he

shor t chain method i s

safe r

for the pr i soners while still

providing

a

higher

degree

of sa fe ty and secur i ty

for the

guards . In the

shor t chain method,

the

pr i sone r ' s hands

are

shackled

toge ther

as

are .h is

fee t .

Then a

shor t

chairt

i s u s ~ d to shackle the hands to the fee t . This keeps a

pr i sone r ' s

hand shackled within severa l

inches

of his fee t .

The

pr i sone r ' s

fee t are then shackled to the wal l .

This

provides

for the maximum degree

of con t ro l over

the

pr i soner while al lowing for pr i soner sa fe ty .

45

45

Interview

of [(b)( 1) = pee 2002

Attachment 15)

(b)(3) CIAAct 14

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17. ~ Pr io r to the guards depar tu re from the

ce l l ,

the

hood,

bl indfo ld ,

and

ea r

plugs

are

t aken

from

the

pr i soner .

Pr i soners

are housed

in t o t a l

darkness .

s t a t ed t h a t t h i s i s done for a couple of

reasons .

s t a t ed t h a t he wanted to disor ien t

pr i soners

so thev d i d n t

know i

it

was day or nigh t . I

Addi t iona l ly , music i s played in

the

pr i sone r

housing area

24 hours a

day.

This i s

done

to

prevent

pr i sone r s

from

communicating with each

othe r .

46

18.

Sleep

depr iva t ion .

i s

a l so

used

to

enhance

success fu l i n t e r ro g a t io n . The dec i s ion to use s l eep

depr iva t ion

i s made

by the i nd iv idua l CIA

of f i ce r

who i s

working with a

p a r t i c u l a r

pr i soner . When s l eep depr iva t ion

i s

ut i l i z ed ,

the

pr i sone r

i s chained by one or both w ri s t s

to

a bar

running

across the ce i l ina

o f

the

ce l l .

This '

forces the p i i so n e r

to

s tand.

I l s t a t ed

t h a t

he

consu l ted

with

and was t o l d t h a t rio

pr i sone r

should

undergo more

than

72 hours

o f

s leep depr iva t ion because

l u c i d i t y

begins

to dec l ine

and ques t ion ing become

i n e f f ec t i v e

47

I

19, Often, pr i soners who

possess

s i g n i f i can t or

imminent t h r ea t in format ion

are

s t r i p p ed to t h e i r diapers

dur ing

i n t e r ro g a t io n

and placed

back

in to t h e i r ce l l s

wearing

only diape rs . This i s done so l e ly to

humi l ia te the

pr i sone r

for i n t e r ro g a t io n purposes . When the

pr i sone r

s o i l s a diaper , they are

changed by t he guards . Sometimes

the guards run out

of

diaper s and the

pr i sone r s

are p laced

back in

t h e i r

ce l l s

in a handcraf ted diaper secured by duct

tape .

I f

the

guards d o n t

have any av a i l ab l e diape rs ,

the

pr i soners

are

rendered

to

t he i r c e l l

nude.

48

46lnterview of Dec 2002

Attachment

15

47 Interview of b) 1) Dec 2002 Attachment 15

4Sinterview

of

b) 3) CIAAct Dec

2002 Attachment

15

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-

Gul RAHMAN

20. ts+ Pr i soners c e l l s

are

aus te re .

A p r i so n e r

begins

h i s

confinement with

noth ing

in

h i s

ce l l

except

a

bucket

used

for

human waste .

Pr i soner s

are given

rewards

fo r

coopera t ion.

Rewards

can

co n s i s t of

a

l i gh t ,

foamies

fo r the p r i so n e r s ea rs (b locks out

t he

music) ,

a

mat to

s l eep

on, e x t r a

blanke ts , e t c . Addi t iona l ly ,

a

luxury room

has

been b u i l t which has a

l i g h t ,

a rocking

ch a i r ,

a

t ab le ,

and ca rpe t ing on

the f loor .

Pr i soners

are no t punished

f o r

lack

of

coopera t ion.

Ins tead ,

rewards

t h a t they have

received

for cooperat ion

are

t aken from them if t hey become

uncoopera t ive .

49

21. f 8 t

When

guards move

pr i sone r s

from t h e i r ce l l

.

to the i n t e r ro g a t io n . room,

usua l l y

D

guards en te r the

c e l l

with

a

f l a s h l i g h t .

A hood i s

placed

over

the

p r i s o n e r s head

and he i s

l ead to the i n t e r ro g a t io n room in

shack les .

The guards do not speak to

the

pr i soners and a l l

communicat ion between the guards i s

completed

with

hand

s igna ls .

Once the de ta inee i s placed

in the i n t e r ro g a t io n

room

the

guards depar t ,

and the

hood i s removed byl I

personnel .

Every

e f fo r t

i s made to

ensure

t h a t the only

person

a

de ta inee communicates

with

i s h i s CIA

i n t e r ro g a to r .

50

DEATH OF GUL

RAHMAN

22

.S.+

Gul RAHMAN was

a

Hezbi Is lami

o f f i c i a l

from.

Wardak province,

Afghanis tan ,

who was

known

to i n t e r a c t

with and

suppor t

Al

Qa ida .

He

was known to

be a c lose

a s soc i a t e

of

Gulbuddin

Hekmatyar

and

Abu

Abd

Al-RAHMAN

A l-

Najd i . 1

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

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th.at

IL__

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Dec 2002 Attachment 15)

r ' - ' - - - ' L _ - - - - - r - = - - ~ = ~ . . - - - - J D e c 2002 Attachment 15)

Oct 2002 Attachment 31 I

Nov

2002

Attachment 32)

s3 Nov 2002 Attachment 33)

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16

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was

very opt imist ic tha t

they

had somebody who

was going to

have

some

good

information.

5

23.

Pakistan

f.&

RAHMAN was apprehended

in

Islamabad,

on

October

2002, during an early morning ra id

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

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~ a n 2003 Attachment 30)

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b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

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34

5 7 - : - ; - - - - - , - - - - - , : - : - ~

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2002 (Attachment 36

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b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

29.

ts7

Later

t h a t day,

R HM NI were f lown

r o m ~ ~ h r they were subsequent ly

t r an s fe r r e r

to

I

J

1

Upon

RAHMAN s

a r r i v a l a t

/

_he

was

given

a

phys ica l examination

and a l l

of

hi s persona l

clotheB

and

e f f e c t s were

remcived.

He

was

dressed in s tandard

pr i son garb

and p laced in

a

s i ng l e

c e l l

62

j

1

descr ibed the

s tandard

pr i son garb as

a

s w e t s h ~ r t

and

sweat

pants RAHMAN was

a l so

wearing an

adul t

diaper

t h a t was p laced on

him

in

This i s

done because

pr i soners

are

not al lowed

to

use

bathro.om

f a c i l i t i e s

on

the a i rp lane/

/and l a t e r

as a

.means of humi l ia t ion According

to s t andard

opera t ing

procedures , one

of

RAHMAN s hands

or

fee t would have been

shackled to

the

wal l

when

he

was p laced in

hi s c e l l

According to

I

the

phys ica l

examination of

RAHMAN

t o o k p l a c e in I

60

1 Nov

2002

Attachment

38)

61 Nov 2002 Attachment 39

62r l

riN : o_jv

2002

Attachment 40)

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

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)

1)

'FOP GEGRE F//Xl

Death Invest igat ion

- Gul RAHMAN

(b)(3) CIAAct

(b)(3) NatSecAct

(b)(6)

(b)(7)(c)

(b )(7)(f)

physical

exam would note

such o b s e ~ v a t i o n s

also

indicated

that

the

p ~ i s o n r

would

be

photographed.

A

search of

cable

t ra f f ic

related

to

RAHMAN found no record

of any repor t ing indicating tha t any

in jur ies

or

heal th

condit ions

were

noted. s ta ted that they keep no

medical

records

on

the prisoners and

the digi ta l

photographs

taken

of RAHMAN at rendit ion have long

been

overwritten.

63 64

30. rs-7 According

to

he was a t

~ ~

ear ly November 2002, in conjunction

with

the interrogations

of

a few otrr : r i r n e r s .

Although

recol lec t ions

w e r ~ fuzzy,

recal led

t h ~ t he m1ght have.been present

du

.

the u s

n t , : r o q a t r n

of

ORAHMAN

at

I

recal led

tha t

approached

him, and they

CIAAct

cussed s t ra tegies

o

use during

his interrogation.

s ta ted

tha t he

believes conducted

the

f i r s t

- 1 ~ .

n--ct_e_r_r_jogation, and he watched from behind

the

l ights .

s ta ted tha t

they ta lked

afterwards and col laborated

- - - - - : : - c o n = - - s = - c o = m ~ e approaches he might want to take.

65

31. f- 7 Cable t ra f f ic re f lec ts tha t onD and

[]November 2002, interrogated RAHMAN.

NatSecAct The cable

goes

on

to

s ta te that

despi te

48

hours

of

sleep

deprivation,

auditory

overload,

to ta l

darkness,

i so la t ion ,

a

cold

shower,

and

rough

treatment,

RAHMAN

maintained

a

high interrogation res is tance posture and continued to deny

tha t he was RAHMAN,

despite

overwhelming evidence

to

the

contrary.

His res is tance

posture

suggested a sophis t icated

level of res is tance t raining. The

cable c i ted several

examples

of his

interrogation

res is tant behavior:

o

Remained

s teadfast in outr ight

denials

ignored

obvious facts .

o Was unresponsive to provocation.

o Claimed inabi l i ty

to think

due

to

condit ions

cold)

o

Complained

about poor

treatment

. .

6 Lotus Note f ~ ' - r o ~ m ~ I____

---- Jitol

I

Jan

2003

(Attachment

41)

64lnterview

JDec2002 (Attachment 15)

Jan 2003

(Attachment

30)

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o

Complained

about

the vio la t ion

of

his

huma:n

r igh t s .

o Remained

cons i s t en t ly

unemotional , calm, and

composed.

o

Bla tan t ly

l i ed while at tempting to appear

s incere in

his des i re

to coopera te .

o Co n s i i t en t ly

u ~ e d

his cover

s to ry .

o Displayed

no

anxie ty

(calmly picked

a t

his

sk in /na i l s

dur ing conf ron ta t ions with damning

evidence agains t

him.

o Was unfazed

by

phys ica l

and

psycholog ica l

confron ta t ions .

66

32.

~

Cable

t r a f f i c

r e f l e c t s

t h a t

s leep

depr iva t ion

fo r RAHMAN beaan almost immediately

a f t e r

h i s

a r r i v a l

a t I s ta ted

t h ~ t

he

be l i eved

t ha t

RAHMAN s s l eep depr iva t ion

s t a r t ed

from

the

beginning .

According

to

RAHMAN s clothes .were taken from him

a t

t h i s

poin t , and he was l e f t wearing

a

diaper . During

t he pe r iod of s l eep depr iva t ion , RAHMAN s arms

were

shackled to

a bar

t ha t

ran

between

the

wallS

of ihe c e l l .

This prevented RAHMAN from

s i t t i n g

down .

67

68

33. f B1 D rrina the f i r s t few days

of RAHMAN s

incarcera t ion a t (

I

cable t r a f f i c

a l so r e f l e c t s

t ha t

he

rece ived

a

co ld shower. During

our

i n t e rv iew

with

I I

he ind ica ted t ha t RAHMAN received

a

co ld shower

because the water heater was not

working.

s t a t ed

tha t

he

was

d e l i b e ra t e l y

given

a co ld shower

as

a

depr iva t ion technique.

Cable

t r a f f i c tends to suppor t

L _ _ ~ . J

sta tements . I I

s t a t ed

t h a t a f t e r

RAHMAN

rece ived the co ld shower, he

saw

RAHMAN standing with the

guards.

s t a t ed tha t

RAHMAN

was

sh ive r ing

and

showing

ea r l y s igns of hypothermia.. n s t ru c t ed

t he

guards

to provicie RAHMAN with a b l n k ~ w n l c h they Q.id.

69

70

34. ts-t Cable. t r a f f i c

also

r e f l e c t s t h a t dur ing his

f i r s t

two days of

incarcera t ion , RAHMAN

underwent ~ r o u g h

66

Nov

2002

(Attachment

33

67 Interview

of

68

Interview of

69

Interview

of

(b)(

1

)

Jan

2003

(Attachment

30

Dec

2002

(Attachment 15

(b)(3) CIAAct Dec

2002

(Attachment 15

o Interview of

(b)(3) NatSecAct,

2003

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-

Gul RAHMAN

(b)( 1)

(b)(3) NatSecAct

35. tsi . o n D

November

2002 Sta t ion forwarded

a

cab le to

Headquarters

i n d i ca t in g

to da te

RAHMAN

had

provided no informat ion to h i s

in t e r ro g a to r s . He still

re fused to

admit

h i s t ru e name

was Gul

RAHMAN. He appeared

somewhat fa t igued

r e l a t i v e to

his appearance upon

a r r i v a l

a t

and

remained

r e so lu t e ly d e f i an t as

in te r roga to rs

at tempted t o ob ta in in format ion from him

(b)( 1)

(b)( 1)

(b)(3) NatSecAct

(b)(3) NatSecAct

36. ~ On

November 2002 Sta t io n Off ice rs

) Nat SecAct L _ ~ ~ . - = - . . = . . . - - - ~ ~ - - - - = = ' - . - - - - . - - - - - c . - - - - : - : ~ = - = - ~ - - = - - - - . - - - - : - : : - - ~ ; - - - - - ; -

again met

RAHMAN. ~ R H M N had spen t the days s ince h i s l a s t

s ~ s i o n with

St a t i o n

o f f i ce r s in

co ld

condi t ions

with

minimal food or

s l eep .

RAHMAN appeared

incoherent

fo r

po r t i ons

of th is . sess ion

but

was

comple te ly

l u c id by mid-

sess ion .

74

During

t h i s

sess ion

RAHMAN

f i n a l l v admit ted.

t h a t

he

was

indeed

Gul

RAHMAN.

I

(b)( 1)

(b)(3) NatSecAct

l ~ o v 2002

(Attachment

42

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Gul

RAHMAN

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

37.

and

both a t t r ibu ted t h i s small

in te r roga t ion breakthrough to the pressure

techniques

used

on RAHMAN. s ta ted t ha t he

be l i eved

RAHMAN would

f-""-..........,....._,._ the admission without the pressures

placed

on him. s t a t e d

t h a t

he

considered

RAHMAN s

admission of

his

ident i ty

as a

breakthrJuq: buf did not

bel ieve t ha t RAHMAN had been "broken." s t a t ed tha t

he bel ieves RAHMAN made

a

compromise.

e new he

was

in

t roub le

and

knew

we had a l o t of

evidence

tha t he was

RAHMAN. bel ieves t ha t

RAHMAN knew

tha t he

could

give

up

his

i den t i ty

and

possibly

get a

little

b e t t e r

t rea tment but still pro tec t the informat ion

tha t

was

. t t t h .

76

77

lmpor an o

lm.

75

Nov

2002

Attachment

43)

76 Interview

o

Jan

2003

Attachment 30)

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

Interview of Dec

2002

Attachment

15)

24

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RAHMAN

38. t-8+ o n O o v e m b ~ r 2002, Headquar t e r s r eques ted

t h a t

psychologis t

ICs and

conduct

a psychological

assessment

exam of

RAHMAN

to

determine

which

i n t e r roga t ion measures

would be r equ i r ed

to render

RAHMAN compliant . The cable

s t a t ed th a t

Headquarters was

mot ivated

to

ex t rac t any and a l l

opera t iona l in format ion on

Al:...Qa ida and Hezbi

Isl-ami from

RAHMAN. The

cable

noted

t h a t it

was

the

assessment of

the debr ie fe r s

t h a t

RAHMAN

may need to be

subjected

to enhanced

i n t e r roga t ion

measures

to induce him to comply. I

(b)( 1)

(b)(3) NatSecAct

I

Headquarters requested

t h a t

the

r e s u l t s

of the

~ e _ x _ a _ m ~ i ~ n a ~ t ~ i o ~ n b e sen t

to

Headquarters where

a determinat ion

on

the course of ac t ion could be

made

..

1.

8

39. t5 On t h a t same

day

November 2002) ,

conducted a

psychological

cap t iv i ty assessment of

RAHMAN.

(b)( 1)

(b)(3) CIAAct

(b)(3) NatSecAct

(b)(6)

(b)(7)(c)

(b )(7)(f)

76 Alec ~ o v 2002 (Attachment 32 .

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b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

b) 6)

b) 7) c)

b ) 7) f)

b) 1)

b) 3) CIAAct

b) 3) NatSecAct

79l I

Nov 2002

Attachment 44

o

b)

1

)

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SUBJECT:

b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

-9-

Death Investigation -

Gul

RAHMAN

41. iSl onc November

2002; S ta t i on

Medical

Officer ,

I _ I

examined

Gul

RAHMAN

and found

no heal th

problems. . b) 1)

b) 3) NatSecAct

42. - )

The afternoon of D November 2002, was the

l as t

time

I

lsaw RAHMAN al ive . At tha t time,

D

assessed RAHMAN to be. in good overal l heal th .

noted tha t RAHMAN had small abrasions on

his

wris t

les as a

r esu l t of the

res t ra in ts . His ankle

r es t r a in t s were loosened, and

his

hand res t ra in ts were

removed when RAHMAN was

re turned

to his ce l l .

82

. According

to

I I

RAHMAN

had complained

tha t he was cold, so b) 1)

I I

gave

him a sweatshir t .

83

b) 3) NatSecAct

43. c c ~ n g to D Guard

I I

RAHMAN

was fed

a t 2100

on L__JNovember 2002. Because

pr lsoners are

fed one

la rge

meal a day, and because

of

RAHMAN s act ions

on

the

following day,

th is

i s the l a s t meal RAHMAN consumed

pr ior

to his

death.

84

44. .- } According

to

AHMAN was fed

again

a t

1500

ori

D

November 2002.

85

~ i n to numerous sources,

when

the

guards gave RAHMAN his food, he threw the pla te ,

waterbott le, and waste bucket at the guards. He

began

yel l ing

a t the

guards,

repeating

his threat , l a s t s ta ted

approximately

one

week

prior , that

he

knew

the i r

faces

and

he would k i l l them when,he got out of the prison. As a

resul t

of his violent behavior, ordered tha t the

guards

put RAHMAN s hand res t ra in ts

back on to prevent

him

from

taking

any other violent

act ions.

86

The

guards

proceeded to shackle RAHMAN to

the

wall

of

his ce l l in a

shor t

chain

posi t ion.

(In

the shor t chain

method, the

pr isoner s

hands are shackled

together

as

are

his feet .

Then a

shor t

chain i s

used

to

shackle

the

hands

to

the

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Interview of Dec 2002. Attachment

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feet . This keeps a pr isoner s hand

shackled

within

several

inches of

his

fee t .

The

pr isoner s

feet

are then shackled

,

to the wall ) . The only clothing being worn by RAHMAN a t

th i s point

was the sweatshir t given

to

him y the

day before. RAHMAN was

nude

from the waist down. RAHMAN

had been nude, with

the

exception of a

diaper for

mos to f

his

incarcerat ion. There

i s

uncer ta inty

as

to when

RAHMAN s

diaper had been

removed.

As of approximately

1500, on

c=JNovember

2002, RAHMAN was

shackled

in a s i t t ing

posi t ion on bare concrete while nude from the

waist.

d o ~ .

The

manner

in which

he

was

shackled prevented

him from

standing

upr ight .

45.

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f5 i

The c::::::::Jguards made

the i r

normal rounds

to

check on the pr isoners onc=]November 2002,

a t

2200 and

2300. The

guards

did not enter RAHMAN s cel l , but visual ly

inspected him from the outside using a f lashl ight .

87

Accordin to uardl

he and c l i - : : : c e - = c - = k = - e = - d ~ R A H M A N , . . , . . , . . . . . , ~ ' ~ s ~ c = e - - . I - . - I - - - = a ~ u n - 4 ' 0 ' 0 ~ o = n ; - - - - -

D

November 2002. s ta ted that

they

looked ~ n t o his

. c e l l and

whistled.

RAHMAN was s i t t i ng in his cel l ,

al ive

and shaking.

88

At 080'0, I ~ u a r d s

made the rounds to check on t ~ h ~ e ~ p = r ~ i s ~ o ~ n ~ e ~ r ~ s ~ . ~ A ~ c ~ c ~ o ~ r d i n g

- - o - t - o ~ t h c - e guards, RA.HMAN was al ive , s i t t i ng on

the

floor and

shaking.

~ o t e d tha t RAHMAN s

eyes

were open

and

bl inking.

~ s i d

RAHMAN s

shaking

did not

seenual

because

a l l

of the

pr isoners shake.

89

According

to

guardl 1

he checked

RAHMAN s cel l a t 100 . He

.

noted

t ha t the

pr1soner

was lying on his s ide.

I I

tapped the

door with his n i g h t s t ~ c k however,

the pr isoner

did not move. At tha t

point ,

I sought

out

a

CIA TDY'er who

w ~ s atl ito debr ief other

detainees .

90

46. f-Si According to interviews conducted

with

Agency personnel present

a t

I I when RAHMAN s body

was discovered,

I I were

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a l l

a t to in te r rogate

othe r p r i soners . At

a p p r o x i m a t e ~

on Q o v e r r i b e r

2002,

one

of

the

g ~ a r d s

walked up toL___Jand 1 n f o r m e d c : : J a t

one of

the

pr i soners was not moving. The o f f i ce r s went with the

guard to RAHMAN s ce l l . The

guar

unlocked the c e l l and

opened the door .

RAHMAN

was

ly ing

motionless on hi s r i g h t

s ide

with

his hands and

fee t

shackled toge the r

and

hi s fee t

shackled to the wal l . There was a smal l

amount of

blood

coming f ro mh i s nose and

mouth.

R HM N was

clothed

in a

swea t sh i r t but had no pants . I lnoted t h a t the

only

th ings

in

his ce l l

were an

empty red

waste bucket , and

a

~ o o d t r ay

with

a small piece of

bread

6n

i t . s t a t ed

tha t there

was r i ce

strewn

a l l

over ce l l .

~ e n t e r e d the

ce l l and checked RAHMAN s pulse . When

he

~ o t f ind a

pulse he began CPR ches t compressions.

With each

ches t

compression,

noted

t h a t

more

blood would come from

hi s

mouth and mucous from h i s nose.

re turned

to the area

where i n t e r roga t ions

are conducted and ca l led

one.of

the

Sta t ion

medics on the radio .

a lso

t r i e d

to

contact

I lbut he o ~ l d not

f ihd

him.

Sta t ion medic

s ta ted tha t he

received

the rad io

ca l l

but

t

w a s ~ v ~ e ~ r y ~ j

c ry p t i c . s t a t ed th a t

he

did no t know why

he

was

being s t a t ed tha t h ~

and

other Sta t ion medic) grabbed

t h e i r medical bags, obta1ned

t r anspor ta t ion and

t r ave led

to 9.1 92 93 94

47. t-5-i When

oted

t h a t CPR

was

unsuccessfu l in

r ev iv ing

RAHMAN,

h e ~ r e d t h a t the c e l l be sea led u n t i l

the doctor

a r r ived . a r r ived

30-45

minutes l a t e r . Upon a r r i v a l

Sta t ion personnel

greeted

and informed

him tha t

a pr i soner was dead.

to

RAHMAN s ce l l and found him

l _ _ l - y ~ i _ n _ g _ o _ n ~ h ~ l - s - s ~ 1 d ~ e - . J

examined

RAHMAN s

body

and

ro l l ed

t

on both s ides .

s t a t ed tha t there

was

no

evidence

tha t

the p r i s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e e n abused and no evidence

of a cause of death . noted tha t the blood coming

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94 Interview of

Nov

2002

(Attachment 14)

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nose and mouth was dark and inconsis tent with a

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wound

to

tha t

area.

e ~

t ~ ~ t e d

tha t

RAHMAN

(b)(

1

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died

within

the

pas t

few hours. . . (b)(3) NatSecAct

48. t57 . I nt_ed t h a t

they

found it

unusual t ha t the[ ~ w s not

present a t the

pr i son a t the time

of

RAHMAN s

death.

The i n t e r io r prison

guards

l ive ins ide the pr ison and rare ly leave. When

questioned

the guards about th absence

he

was

to ld that the

Commander was

a t

(b)(1)

sa id

he heard second

hand tha t the

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[(b)(1) [that the Commander

had

a family

emergency.

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No photoqraphs were taken

a t the

scene

of

RAHMAN s death. [

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Nov

2002 (Attachment 14

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51.

Dr.

conducted

an autopsy on

(b)(1)-

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(b)(6)

(b)(7)(c)

(b )(7)(f)

RAHMAN

onL_JNovember 2002.

His

findings are

presented in

his repor t ent i t led Final Autposy Findings, CASE (b)(3) CIA

~ ~ ~ ~ h i h is attached

to

th is

report.

In

summaryL_,

j

l i s t ed . the cause of death as undetermined.

stated, however, that it was his c l inica l

impression

tha t RAHMAN

died

of hypothermia.

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52. tsi L_____Jstated tha t h y p o t h e r m ~ a is a diagnosis

of exclusion. In

essence,

other potent ial causes are

ruled

out one

by

one unt i l you are l e f t

with

no other

poss ib i l i ty .

s ta ted tha t

he

conducted

a

full

anter ior

neck

dissection. found

no evidence of

hemorrhage

in the

t issue,

muscles, and car t i lage around the

neck

and no evidence

of

damage

to

the Hyoid bone. Injuries

such as these are common in cases of s trangulat ion. I I

examined the

sof t

t i ssue on the inside of the mouth ana

found no evidence tha t

pressure

was placed over the mouth

as

is

common

in

cases of smothering.

There

was no trauma

to the teeth .. The head and skul l were examined

and

displayed no evidence of facial or skull f ractures and no

blood in

the anterior chambers of

the eyes. J l e x a m i n e d

the

chest,

trunk, abdomen, and

geni ta ls and

~ o

evidence

of

trauma.

RAHMAN

had

abrasions

to

both

wrists

and ankles, but

there

was no evidence of infection. RAHMAN

had

a number of scrapes on his shoulders, legs, and

hips;

however, there was no b r u i ~ i n g around

the

abrasions

suggesting tha t there was no blunt

force

trauma.

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1

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The

toxicolo

y was

conducted

by the

/ ' b)(3) NatSecA

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The toxicology

included

tes t ing

a l l of the c a s s ~ c

poisons

to include cyanide.

Additionally,

they tested for

substances

used

in

t ruth

serums and found no evidence of toxic substances. During

the autopsy, speci f ica l ly

looked for

in jec t ion marks

on the body and searched for p i l l fragments

in

the mouth

and stomach and found no indicat ion tha t

he

had ingested

any

pi l l s

or received

any

in ject ions.

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(b)(1) Dec

2002

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of

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CONCLUSIONS

The evidence developed dur ing the course of t h i s

i n v es t ig a t io n

sugges t s the

fo l lowing:

o There i s no evidence to suggest

tha t

RAHMAN s

death

was

d e l i b e ra t e .

o

There

i s

no

evidence

to sugges t t h a t

RAHMAN was

bea ten t o r tu red p o i s o n e d ~ s t rang led o r smothered.

o Hypothermia

was

the most l ike ly . cause of death

o f

Gul

. RAHMAN

o His death was

not

d e l ib e ra t e but r e su l t ed from his

i n ca rce ra t io n in a

co ld

environment while nude from

the wa is t down, and ihack led in a pos i t ion

t ha t

prevented

him from moving around to keep

warm.

Addi t iona l ly t h i s kept him in d i r ec t contac t with the

co ld concre te f loor l ead ing to a loss of b o d y h ~ t

through conduct ion.

o Gul RAHMAN s

ac t ions con t r ibu ted to his

own death.

By

throwing his l a s t meal he was unable to provide h i s

body wi th a source

of

fue l

to keep him

warm.

Addi t iona l ly

h i s v io l en t

behavior

r e su l t ed in

h i s

r e s t r a in t

which prevented him

from

genera t ing body

hea t

by moving r o ~ n d

and

brought him

in

di rec t

contac t

with

the

concre te f lOor l ead ihg to a l o s ~ of bodyheat

through

conduct ion.

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