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UNCLASSIFIED Verbatim Transcriptof CombatantStatusReview TribunalHearingfor ISN 10019 OPENING PRESIDENT: This hearingshall cometo order. RECORDER This Tribunal is being conducted at 13:25 hours on 4 April 2007 on board U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The following personnel are present : Colonel REDACTED] , United States Air Force, President, Lieutenant Colonel [ REDACTED] United States Air Force Commander REDACTED ), United States Navy, Member, Major [ REDACTED ), United States Air Force, Personal Representative, Language Analyst ' , [REDACTED , Sergeant First Class (REDACTED] , United States Army, Reporter, Lieutenant Colonel [REDACTED ], United States Army, Recorder . Lieutenant Colonel [REDACTED the Judge Advocate member of the Tribunal OATH SESSION 1 RECORDER: All rise. PRESIDENT: The Recorderwill be sworn. Do you LieutenantColonel [REDACTED], swear or affirmthat you will faithfully performthe duties as Recorder assignedto this Tribunal, so help you God? RECORDER I do PRESIDENT: The Reporterwill now be sworn. The Recorderwill administerthe oath. RECORDER Do you, Sergeant First Class [REDACTED ], swear or affirm that you will faithfully discharge your duties as Reporter assigned in this Tribunal so help youGod? REPORTER I do PRESIDENT: The Translatorwill be sworn. RECORDER Do you swear or affirm that you will faithfully perform the duties of Translator in the case now in hearing , so help you God ? LINGUIST: I do 1 Language Analyst , Translator, and Linguisi are used interchangeably . ISN # 10019 Enclosure (3 ) Page of 17 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PRESIDENT: take a brief recess while the Detainee is brought into the room . Recorder-- [ SCI President and Recorder both speaking RECORDER: The time is 13:26hours on 4 April 2007. This Tribunal is now in recess. [ The Tribunal Membersleave the room.] [ The Tribunal Membersreenter the room at 13:36 hours. ] All rise LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT : This hearingwill come to order. Pleasebe seated. LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. LINGUIST: Translatesabove. PRESIDENT: RIDUAN BIN ISOMUDDIN , I understand that you prefer to be called Mister HAMBALI. Is that correct ? LINGUIST Translatesabove. DETAINEE: Yes, correct. Linguist] PRESIDENT: Very well. I will refer to you in that manner during this hearing today . LINGUIST: Translatesabove. DETAINEE That's okay. via Linguist] CONVENINGAUTHORITY PRESIDENT: This Tribunal is convened by order of the Director, Combatant Status Review Tribunals under the provisions ofhis Order dated 12 February 2007 LINGUIST Translates above. PRESIDENT This Tribunal will determine whether you meet the criteria to be designated asan enemy combatant against the United States or its coalition partners or otherwise meets the criteria to be designated as an enemy combatant. LINGUIST Translatesabove. Simultaneous Communication Interruption ISN 10019 Enclosure ( 3 ) Page 2 of 17 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED OATH SESSION 2 PRESIDENT: The members of this Tribunal shall now be sworn . All rise . LINGUIST: Translatesabove. RECORDER: Do you swear or affirm that you will faithfully perform your duties as a member of this Tribunal; that you will impartially examine and inquire into the matter now before you according to your conscience, and the laws and regulations provided; that you will make such findings of fact and conclusions as are supported by the evidence presented; that in determining those facts, you will use your professional knowledge, best judgment , and common sense ; and that you will make such findings as are appropriate according to the best of understanding of the rules, regulations, and laws governing this proceeding, and guided by your concept of justice, so help you God? LINGUIST: Translatesabove. MEMBERS: I do LINGUIST Translates above. PRESIDENT: The Recorder will now administer the oath to the Personal Representative. LINGUIST: Translates above. RECORDER Do you swear or affirm that you will faithfully perform the duties of Personal Representative in this Tribunal, so help you God? LINGUIST Translatesabove. PERSONAL REP: I do . LINGUIST: Translatesabove. PRESIDENT: Please be scated . LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT: The Recorder, Reporter and Translator have been previously sworn . LINGUIST: Translatesabove ISN Enclosure (3 ) Page 3 of 17 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED EXPLANATION OF PROCEEDINGS PRESIDENT: Mister HAMBALI, you are hereby advised that the following applies during this hearing. LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT You may be present at all open sessions of the Tribunal ; however, ifyou become disorderly , you will be removed from the hearing, and the Tribunal will continue to hear evidence in your absence . LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT You may not be compelled to testify this Tribunal; however, ifyou you testify if you wish to do so. Your testimony can be under oath or . LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT You may have the assistance ofa PersonalRepresentativeat the hearing. Your assignedPersonalRepresentativeispresent. LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT: You may present evidence to this Tribunal, including the testimony of witnesses who are reasonably available and whose testimony is relevant to this hearing. You may question witnesses testifying at the Tribunal. LINGUIST: Translates above . PRESIDENT You may examine documents or statements offered into evidence other than classified information. However, certain documents may be partially masked for security reasons. LINGUIST Translates above. PRESIDENT Mister HAMBALI, do you understand this process ? LINGUIST: Translatesabove. DETAINEE Yes. Linguist] PRESIDENT: Do you have any questions concerning this Tribunal process? LINGUIST Translatesabove. DETAINEE: How many times will there be sessions after this ? via Linguist] ISN # 10019 Enclosure (3) Page 4 of 17 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PRESIDENT: This will be the only open session planned at this time. LINGUIST: Translates above and states the Detainee says yes. PRESENTATIONOF UNCLASSIFIEDINFORMATION PRESIDENT Very well. Personal Representative, please provide the Tribunal with the Detainee Election Form . LINGUIST Translatesabove. PERSONAL REP: I am handing the Tribunal the Detainee Election Form , which was previously marked as Exhibit D-a. LINGUIST: Translates above. PRESIDENT: The Tribunal has received D -a, and it indicatesthat the Detainee wants to participate inthe Tribunal and wants the assistance of Personal Representative LINGUIST: Translates above . PRESIDENT It also contains comments from the PersonalRepresentativeregarding matters of a- relatingto a witness and a written statement. LINGUIST Translates above. PRESIDENT: We will address this further at a later time LINGUIST: Translates above. RECORDERPRESENTSUNCLASSIFIED PRESIDENT: Recorder, pleaseprovidethe Tribunal withthe unclassifiedevidence. LINGUIST: Translates above. RECORDER I am handing the Tribunal what has previously been marked as Exhibit R - 1, the unclassified Summary of the Evidence that relates to this Detainee's status as an enemy combatant. A translated copy of this exhibit was provided to the Personal Representative in advance of this hearing for presentation to the Detainee. Inaddition, I am handing to the Tribunal the following unclassified exhibits marked as Exhibit R -2 through R - 3 Copies of these Exhibits have previously been provided to the Personal Representative. LINGUIST: Translates above. ISN 10019 Enclosure ( 3 ) Page of 1 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PRESIDENT Recorder, please read the unclassified Summary of Evidence for the record. Recorder , before you proceed; Mister HAMBALI, Sir, please do not comment on the evidence at this time. You will be provided an opportunity to provide comments shortly . Recorder, please proceed. LINGUIST Translatesabove. RECORDER The following facts support the determination that the Detainee is an enemy combatant: Paragraph a. On 24 December 2000, people were killed in church bombings in Indonesia Paragraph b . A Federal Bureau of Investigation source stated sometime around mid-2000 , the Detainee called a meeting to discuss an operation targeting churches in Indonesia and the Singapore operation against the United States embassy. The Detainee argued that the church was not being used only for prayer, and was responsible for the unrest in Ambon, Indonesia . The source stated the Detainee wanted the churches attacked on Christmas Eve 2000. Paragraph A Federal Bureau of Investigation source stated the Detainee was hiding in Pakistan and Afghanistan since February of 2001because he was involved in the December 2000 attacks on the churches in Indonesia. Paragraph d. The Detainee supervised plan to bomb the United States , Australian , and British embassies inSingapore. Paragraph e . A Federal Bureau of Investigation source discussed the Singapore Plot. According to the source, in 1999 the Detainee gave the source a map and videotape of the Yishan mass rapid transit station in Singapore, and asked the source to write a proposal on how they would make an attack . In May 1999, when the source finished the proposal, he showed it to the Detainee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Detainee liked the proposaland told the source to take the tape Afghanistan. The Detainee put the source in contact with a high ranking al Qaida operative so the source could contact the al Qaida operative upon his arrival in Pakistan . Paragraph f . The Detainee orchestrated and funded the Christmas Eve 2000 simultaneous bombings in Indonesia. Paragraph g . On 12 October 2002 , at least 187 people