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1. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE REVIEW BELOW GUIDANCE.

ON OF THE VIDEOTAPES DOCUMENTING INTERROGATION WITH ((ABU ZUBAYDAH)) THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING STORED AT WITH PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION TO THE MATTERS DESCRIBED IN

P S 2 AND 3 AND REF B PARA 4. AS REFLECTED IN REFS, THE PARTICIPANTS. OF THIS MEETING-CONCLUDED THAT THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THESE TAPES, WHICH IS NOT/NOT RE IRED BY LAW. REPRESENTS A SERIOUS SECURITY RISK FOR OFFICERS RECORDED ON THEM AND FOR ALL FFI PARTICIPATING IN OP. S; THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED THE ADDITIONAL CONCE E RIBED IN REFS, SUCH AS THE DANGER TO ALL AMERICANS SHOULD THE TAPES BE COMPROMISED. IN THIS POSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE, THERE ALSO EXISTS A CLEAR DANGER THAT THE OFFICERS PICTURED ON THE TAPES COULD BE SUBJECT TO RETRIBUTION FROM AL-QA.IDA ELEMENTS. ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTICIPANTS DETERMINED THAT THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO ELIMINATE THOSE SECURITY AND ADDITIONAL RISKS IS TO DESTROY THESE TAPES THE BEST MECHANISM FOR DESTROYING THE TAPES FOLLOW :

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I. ACTION REQUIRED: PLEASE REVIEW BELOW GUIDANCE..

ON 05 SEPTEMBER 2002, HOS.ELEMENTS DISCUSSED THE DISPOSITION OF THE VIDEOTAPES DOCUMENTING INTERROGATION SESSIONS WITH ((ABU ZUBAYDAH)) THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING STORED AT

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UNDERSTAND MY INSTRUCTIONS AS DETAILED BELOW.

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UNDERSTAND MY INSTRUCTIONS. AS DETAILED. BELOW.

2. IT WAS A MISTAKE TO MOVE TAPES IN 'LIGHT OF REF C GUIDANCE. I AM PROVIDING YOU WITH THE PRECISE AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CONCERNING THE DISPOSITION OF THE

APES. I EXPECT THESE TO BE FOLLOWED WITHOUT DEVIATION.

J. WITH REGARD. TO THE TAPES NOW HELD FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WILL BE FOLLOWED:

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