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Guantanamo detainee seeks ECHR ruling on Poland role in CIA secret prison
January 29, 2013 by Julia Zebley
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah on Monday asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to rule on whether Poland violated their client's rights by aiding the US in detaining and allegedly torturing Zubaydah in a secret CIA prison. Zubaydah, a top al Qaeda suspect, alleges that.... [more]
Guantanamo detainee files complaint against Lithuania in Europe rights court
October 28, 2011 by Brandon Gatto
Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged al Qaeda facilitator on Thursday filed a case against Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights for torture and secret detention at a CIA-run location within the Baltic state. The claimant, Abu Zubaydah, is a Palestinian who was captured in.... [more]
Amnesty urges Lithuania to reopen investigation into secret CIA prisons
September 30, 2011 by John Paul Putney
Lithuania must reopen the investigation into secret CIA prisons in light of new evidence, Amnesty International (AI) insisted Thursday. AI cited evidence of rendition flights of Abu Zubaydah in 2005 revealed earlier this year by Reprieve, a London-based human rights organization. AI counter-.... [more]
Guantanamo detainee asks Poland to probe alleged CIA secret prison
December 16, 2010 by Jaclyn Belczyk
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah on Thursday asked Polish prosecutors to investigate claims that he was abused in a secret CIA prison in the country. Zubaydah, a top al Qaeda suspect, alleges that he was transferred to Poland and subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques..... [more]
Ex-CIA agent alleges waterboarding took place before authorization memos
July 14, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
A former CIA counter-terrorism agent alleges that top al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded prior to the issuance of legal memos justifying the practice, the BBC reported Monday. John Kiriakou, who was part of the CIA team that captured Zubaydah in Pakistan, said that the detainee was.... [more]
Moussaoui prosecutor may have known about CIA interrogation tapes during trial
February 7, 2008 by Jaime Jansen
The federal judge presiding over the trial of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was seeking information about the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah around the time the CIA destroyed videotapes of the interrogations of terror suspects, including Zubaydah, according to court documents released in the.... [more]
CIA chief confirms use of waterboarding on 3 terror detainees
February 5, 2008 by Caitlin Price
The CIA has used waterboarding on only three detainees since September 11, 2001, CIA Director Michael Hayden told the US Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday. Stipulating that the interrogation technique has not been used by the CIA in five years, Hayden for the first time named the me....... [more]
CIA proposed destruction of interrogation videos in 2003: Harman
January 4, 2008 by Jeannie Shawl
The CIA made plans to destroy videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects as early as 2003, according to correspondence made public by US Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) Thursday. In a February 2003 letter from Harman to the CIA general counsel, Harman referenced a congressional briefing where.... [more]
CIA requests DOJ probe into waterboarding comments by ex-agent
December 21, 2007 by Steve Czajkowski
The US Central Intelligence agency (CIA) has requested that the Department of Justice conduct an investigation into whether former CIA agent John Kiriakou illegally released classified information when he spoke to several news organizations last week about CIA interrogations, officials said.... [more]
Ex-CIA agent confirms use of waterboarding in terror interrogations
December 11, 2007 by Jaime Jansen
A retired US CIA agent told ABC News Monday that CIA interrogators have successfully used waterboarding to get crucial information about planned terror attacks, though the agent did say he considered the technique to be torture. Retired agent John Kiriakou, in an ABC News interview, confirmed the.... [more]
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