Post-9/11 CIA Culture and the Abu Zubaydah Torture Program

• 1:16:08Post-9/11 FBI protocol: captured suspects in foreign countries were turned over to the FBI because the investigation was still open.
• 1:16:42Tim's guest describes being offered training in enhanced interrogation techniques in May 2002 and asking what that meant.
• 1:17:14The CIA officer outlines ten torture techniques including waterboarding, extreme heat, stress positions, and sleep deprivation.
• 1:17:38A senior officer warns the guest that torture is a slippery slope and someone will eventually go to prison for it.
• 1:18:24Tim notes that no congressional investigation, Justice Department investigation, or ceremonial commission was ever established despite deaths during CIA interrogations.
• 1:19:44Abu Zubaydah was shot by a Pakistani policeman and took months to recover before interrogation could begin.
• 1:20:18FBI agent Ali Sufan used rapport-building interrogation methods and obtained actionable intelligence from Abu Zubaydah.
• 1:21:08CIA director George Tenet asked President Bush to remove the FBI from the country, and Bush complied.
• 1:21:59After the FBI left, the CIA waterboarded Abu Zubaydah 83 times, escalating immediately to the most severe technique on day one.
• 1:23:08Tim's guest explains the CIA believed Abu Zubaydah was the crown jewel of Al Qaeda intelligence, confusing him with a different operative living in Montana.

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