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In conclusion: Engle tells the judge that admitting the LHM statements carries a significant societal cost. He argues that trying the 9/11 case using these statements obtained by torture would damage the United States’ reputation in the eyes of the world.

He further argues that the government relied on selectively chosen excerpts rather than the full conversation with other detainees, and that these excerpts do not demonstrate any detailed knowledge of the 9/11 attacks.

Engle highlights a contradiction between the two interrogating agents: Gaudin testified that bin ‘Atash introduced the topics himself, while McFadden asserted that the agents were the ones who introduced them.

During his custody, bin ‘Atash repeatedly asked CIA personnel for more food as his weight continued to drop while interrogations continued. He later passed a 25 cm round worm that further contributed to his weight loss while CIA was starving him.

Engle also notes that the admonishment language changed in Oct 2007. The version given to bin ’Atash in Jan 2007 included language about the detainee being returned to prior custody, but that language was removed in the later admonishments.

Engle states that the admonishments given to detainees during the LHM interrogations did not actually confer any rights. He points to testimony in the al Nashiri case, where former SA McFadden when asked whether he advised al Nashiri of any rights responded, “not so much.”

He maintained that Mr. bin ‘Atash ’s letters to his family contain no confession of war crimes and that the government’s portrayal is false. All of the letters post date the LHM interview, which does not support the government’s position.

Engle highlighted that detainees including U.S. servicemembers may no longer be able to rely safely on @ICRC letters to securely communicate with their families.

Engle argues, EITs are designed to inhibit a detainee’s ability to make decisions.

Engle told the judge that Mr. bin ‘Atash was only allowed to sleep at interrogator mercy. In one instance, the interrogator woke him, accused him of lying, and said he would now have to suffer.

Engle told the judge that Mr. bin ‘Atash was only allowed to sleep at interrogator mercy. In one instance, the interrogator woke him, accused him of lying, and said he would now have to suffer.

Engle showed the judge and other parties, cables show the CIA viewed water dousing as highly effective. Some report that merely threatening it affected Mr. bin ‘Atash . In one instance, he was stripped naked and began answering questions before the dousing even started.

QY7 left the interrogation room after witnessing NZ7’s violent water dousing of Mr. bin ‘Atash . Another CIA officer vomited.

Mr. Engle argued that the mindset toward Mr.bin ‘Atash was punitive, summarized by the attitude: “hurt them once, hurt them twice, hurt them more.”

The FBI benefited from the CIA’s RDI program. While bin ‘Atash was held in the black sites, the FBI sent questions regarding Hazmi and Mihdhar, requesting that the CIA pose those questions to him. Those FBI questions are directly linked to the charges in this case

Mr. Connell, for Mr. al Baluchi, the Trial Conduct Order timeline will depend on several elements, including the suppression of the LHM statements, and the decision of the CMCR in Mr. al Baluchi’s case.

Day 3, week 2 of the 57th 9/11 pretrial hearings to start at 0900 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.