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Top News // 1 decade ago

Terror interrogations produced CIA rifts

Dissension racked a team of U.S. officials as harsh interrogation techniques overseen by a CIA contractor were escalated against a terror suspect, sources say.

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Report: Waterboarding produced no leads

The use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques on a high-value U.S. terror detainee produced only false leads, sources say.

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CIA was urged not to destroy tapes

A senior U.S. lawmaker said she urged CIA officials in 2003 not to destroy videotapes of harsh interrogations.

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CIA requests probe after interviews

The U.S. Justice Department has been asked by the CIA to probe whether a former agency officer acted illegally in describing the waterboarding of a prisoner.

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CIA, FBI debate importance of captive

The FBI and CIA are butting heads over whether al-Qaida captive Abu Zubaida was an unstable hotelier or a bona fide terrorist, the Washington Post said.

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CIA suspends extraordinary interrogations

The CIA has suspended the use of extraordinary interrogation techniques pending a review by Justice Department and other administration lawyers.

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Mystery military prisons skirt rules

Some senior members of Congress have known in recent months that U.S. interrogators were not necessarily "going to stick with the Geneva Convention."

Top News // 2 decades ago

Cohen: 'dirty bomb' might come from Russia

Terrorists intent on harming the United States are most likely to get the ingredients for weapons of mass destruction from Russia, former Defense Secretary Will

Abu Zubaydah (Arabic: ابو زبيدة‎; born 12 March 1971 as Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn) is currently in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a detainee in the war on Terror. Zubaydah's name is often transliterated as Abu Zubaidah, Abu Zubeida, or Abu Zoubeida. Born Zein al-Abideen Mohamed Hussein (Arabic: زين العابدين محمد حسين), he is also known by over thirty-five aliases.

Born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Zubaydah moved to the West Bank as a teenager where he joined in Palestinian demonstrations against the Israelis.

Abu Zubaydah moved to Afghanistan in 1991 to assist the mujahideen in their fight against the Afghan and Soviet Communists. In 1992, while fighting for the mujahideen Abu Zubaydah was injured from a mortar shell blast which left shrapnel in his head and caused severe memory loss, as well as the loss of his ability to speak for over one year. Abu Zubaydah eventually became involved in the jihad training camp known as the Khalden Camp.

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