Read more Abu Zubaydah stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18420/abu-zubaydah.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:06:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61970/gitmo-prisoners-we-lied-to-cia-to-stop-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuantanamo prisoners fabricated information to give CIA interrogators after being physically and mentally abused, they told a 2007 military tribunal in transcripts released yesterday under the Freedom of Information act. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and one of the prisoners who was repeatedly waterboarded, said he...http://www.newser.com/story/61970/gitmo-prisoners-we-lied-to-cia-to-stop-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 1:44:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58404/cia-told-pelosi-about-waterboarding-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNancy Pelosi and other Congressional leaders received multiple briefings on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, according to new information released by the Obama administration. Records suggest that Pelosi learned of the CIA's interrogation of Abu Zubaydah in a September 2002 briefing that covered the "particular"...http://www.newser.com/story/58404/cia-told-pelosi-about-waterboarding-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 6:16:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57114/waterboarding-isnt-easier-2nd-time-or-183rd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike many other forms of torture, waterboarding doesn’t get any easier with repeated exposure. After multiple sessions of the simulated drowning technique, accused al-Qaeda plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah would at best have been able to slightly modify their response, explains Brian Palmer in Slate. The experience still...http://www.newser.com/story/57114/waterboarding-isnt-easier-2nd-time-or-183rd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 14:39:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56988/did-brutal-questioning-pay-off-the-battle-heats-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama says the harsh interrogation methods used by the CIA both compromised American values and provided unreliable information. “Those are a convenient pair of opinions,” notes Scott Shane of the New York Times . But it's not going to be that easy for the new administration to defend its ban,...http://www.newser.com/story/56988/did-brutal-questioning-pay-off-the-battle-heats-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 8:31:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56952/condi-was-first-to-ok-waterboarding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondoleezza Rice played a greater role than she has acknowledged in the CIA's harsh interrogation program, and approved the use of waterboarding, according to a newly released report from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The report finds that Rice, as national security adviser, verbally approved the CIA's request to waterboard a...http://www.newser.com/story/56952/condi-was-first-to-ok-waterboarding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 2:39:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56588/cia-waterboarded-gitmo-detainee-183-times-in-a-month.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Department of Justice memo that detailed interrogation techniques used on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay notes that in August 2002, suspected al-Qaeda official Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 82 times, while the following March, 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times. But as the blog Emptywheel points out, there's...http://www.newser.com/story/56588/cia-waterboarded-gitmo-detainee-183-times-in-a-month.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 11:38:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56538/psychologists-doctors-helped-with-interrogations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPsychologists and physicians who assisted the CIA's harsh interrogation program are being accused of violating the most basic principles of their professions, the Washington Post reports. The newly released CIA memos confirm that on-site psychologists—generally contract workers with the agency—took an active role in the program, offering ideas...http://www.newser.com/story/56538/psychologists-doctors-helped-with-interrogations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 10:19:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56530/cia-pushed-brutal-tactics-on-interrogators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHigher-ups in the CIA pressed for harsh interrogation methods to be used on a captured al-Qaeda member despite his interrogators' assurances that he had nothing more to tell, the New York Times reports. Abu Zubaydah had already yielded important information, including tips that led to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shiekh Mohammed,...http://www.newser.com/story/56530/cia-pushed-brutal-tactics-on-interrogators.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 5:51:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40609/us-ends-trials-of-5-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay has dropped charges against five suspects that the Pentagon has called al-Qaeda operatives, reports the Los Angeles Times . All of the men were fingered by Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi-born militant whom the Bush administration concedes was waterboarded. The charges were dismissed after one...http://www.newser.com/story/40609/us-ends-trials-of-5-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Oct 2008 10:24:22 CDT