As negotiations for Abu Zubaydah resumed this week, the CIA agent who captured him highlights the unethical and illegal issues of the arrangement.
John Kiriakou on Abu Zubaydah and Unethical CIA Practices
Tag: military tribunals
The Mauritanian: 14 years in Guantánamo detention camp—the horrifying reality of America’s “war on terror”
In an interview with Forbes, the filmmaker talked about Barack Obama not closing Guantánamo—one of his election promises. “Most of the people in Guantánamo—the vast majority—were just farmers. They were people sold down the river by somebody they thought was a friend who accused them of being al-Qaida for $50,000 or $100,000. I think something like 80 percent of the people sent to Guantánamo were basically just victims of that.”
Related:
Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner
Guantánamo Diary author released after 14 years in illegal detention
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 