CIA used ‘harsh interrogation techniques’ on bin Laden aide

[Judi Lynn]

CIA used ‘harsh interrogation techniques’ on bin Laden aide
Published: Monday, 11 September, 2006, 10:57 AM Doha Time

NEW YORK: The first top Al Qaeda operative captured by the United States in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks, Abu Zubaydah, was stripped naked by his CIA interrogators, held in an icy-cold room and subjected to earsplitting music, The New York Times reported on its website on Saturday.

US President George W Bush mentioned Zubaydah’s case in a speech last Wednesday, insisting that he had never authorised torture, but arguing that methods used by the Central Intelligence Agency in its interrogations had helped uncover other Al Qaeda plots.

However, citing interviews with nearly a dozen current and former law enforcement and intelligence officials whom it did not name, The New York Times said the interrogation of Zubaydah had caused a rupture between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the CIA that has yet to heal.

According to the report, Zubaydah was interrogated in a secret safe-house in Thailand, where he was brought shortly after his capture in the early spring of 2002.
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