Prosecutors alerted Ruiz on Monday that his client will be having surgery Friday evening. He tries to manage the pain by using a pillow, Ruiz said. Transportation to the war court from the detention center for pre-trial hearings is particularly tough for al-Hawsawi. Ruiz said injuries from being sodomized causes his client to soil himself in blood and feces, accompanied by excruciating pain. The report cites CIA records as saying al-Hawsawi was "diagnosed with chronic hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, and symptomatic rectal prolapsed." "CIA attorney was asked to follow up, although CIA records do not indicate any resolution of the inquiry." "CIA leadership, including General Counsel Scott Muller and DDO James Pavitt, was also alerted to allegations that rectal exams were conducted with 'excessive force' on two detainees at DETENTION SITE COBALT," the report states. al-Hawsawi continues to have to choose between defecating and eating because whenever he has bowel movements he has to reinsert parts of his anus back into his anal cavity," Ruiz said.Īl-Hawsawi's torture features prominently in the declassified Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture, which describes harsh treatment and its medical impact on al-Hawsawi in a footnote. He is charged with facilitating money and clothing for the 9/11 hijackers.ĭuring al-Hawsawi's time in CIA custody from 2003 to 2006, Ruiz said, the detainee suffered injuries from rectal penetration performed without evidence of medical necessity. Pakistani authorities arrested the man in Pakistan in 2003, and then rendered him to CIA custody. At least half of them have experienced psychiatric problems, the report said.Īl-Hawsawi was among those subjected to the CIA's enhanced-interrogation techniques. The announcement about Saudi detainee Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi came just days after The New York Times published an in-depth report on persistent mental health problems among captives at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and the 39 people held at the CIA's secret black sites. "They used the largest objects that they could," defense attorney Walter Ruiz told reporters Monday, the night before the 9/11 capital case resumes at the Guantanamo Bay war court. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (CN) - Spreading molasses on the crawl to trial for accused 9/11 plotters, an attorney for one of the five said his client was sodomized 10 years ago by the CIA and will undergo surgery Friday to treat lingering injuries from that torture. By Britain Eakin, Courthouse News Service
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