On the seventh day of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri's harsh interrogation, after he asked interrogators to clean his fingernails, a security team forcibly shaved his head and beard and placed him back inside a confinement box.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by ProPublica's direct account and corroborated independently by CNBC, National Security Archive, and other outlets referencing the same declassified CIA cables. No contradicting sources found. [tier=silver indep_score=0.917 clusters=3 claim_tier=exceptional]
Sources
- Scenes From a Black Site - ProPublica (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/gina-haspel-trump-cia-pick-respect-from-prisoner-at-secret-thai-prison.html (corroboration)
- https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/foia-intelligence-torture-archive/2018-08-10/gina-haspel-cia-torture-cables-declassified (corroboration)
- https://truthout.org/articles/a-prisoner-in-gina-haspels-black-site/ (corroboration)