# Prisoner disposition from Pakistan

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*How captured prisoners were routed out of Pakistan in John Kiriakou's account — cooperation recorded in his reporting, headquarters consulted by telephone, most men flown to Guantanamo on a C-12, and the ones judged important enough sent, as he puts it, a different way.*

- **What determined it:** Whether the prisoner had cooperated, per Kiriakou's reporting
- **How it was decided:** A telephone call to headquarters
- **Most prisoners:** Flown to Cuba on a C-12
- **The important non-cooperators:** Sent to a secret site

**Prisoner disposition from Pakistan** describes how, in [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou)'s account, captured men were sorted and moved on after the raids he ran following the September 11 attacks.[1]

## The sorting principle

The division he describes rests on the interviews. Those who [agreed to cooperate](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/the-first-prisoner-who-cooperated) gave up routes and addresses. Those who refused went, by and large, to [Guantanamo](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/guantanamo-bay) — and the important ones who refused went to a secret site, of which he says only that it was not nice there.[1]

## Who decided

Asked whether he chose the destination, Kiriakou describes a telephone call rather than an authority. He would call and ask where they wanted the prisoner sent. Headquarters had already read his reporting and so knew who had been cooperative and who had not.[1][2]

Most were simply loaded onto a C-12 and flown to Cuba. Of the remainder he says only: *"the others we would send a different way."*[2]

## See also

- [The first prisoner who cooperated](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/the-first-prisoner-who-cooperated)
- [Guantanamo Bay](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/guantanamo-bay)
- [Enhanced interrogation techniques](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/enhanced-interrogation)
- [Pakistan Station (2002)](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/pakistan-station-2002)
- [Extraordinary Rendition](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/extraordinary-rendition)

## Sources

1. David Gornoski Archives (2019-08-08), at 05:16. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6OZ4ClS_uQ&t=316s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2019-08-08-david-gornoski-archives-david-gornoski-archives-W6OZ4C/
2. David Gornoski Archives (2019-08-08), at 05:47. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6OZ4ClS_uQ&t=347s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2019-08-08-david-gornoski-archives-david-gornoski-archives-W6OZ4C/

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