Who was the first target of the CIA's post-9/11 detention program and what happened to him?
Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian citizen, was the first target of CIA operations after 9/11. Captured in Pakistan in March 2002, he was seriously wounded during the raid and required medical treatment to keep him alive. The CIA transferred him to Thailand to a facility known as 'Detention Site Green,' where they had arranged with the Thai government to use an old US military base. There, they planned to extract intelligence using 'novel interrogation methods,' which was essentially torture. This became part of a controversial program that operated outside normal legal frameworks and violated both international and American laws.
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George W. Bush's Memo: Authorizing CIA Operations
Johnny Harris·8 months ago
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What was the legal justification the CIA used to carry out their secret program of abducting and interrogating suspected terrorists?
What was the first secret prison established by the CIA and who was detained there?
What was Detention Site Blue and what purpose did it serve for the CIA?
What justified the CIA's use of torture in their operations post 9/11?
Does torture actually work as a method of extracting useful intelligence from prisoners?
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