But when it comes to interrogation,thank you for your time." There's that word again,...
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But when it comes to interrogation,
thank you for your time." There's that word again, time. As it turned out,
the CIA was so grateful for Mitchell and Jessen's time that the agency paid
the psychologists $1,800 a day to go back to Thailand
to interrogate Abu Zubaydah. While they weren't interrogators they were armed
with one important weapon... a decision
from the Department of Justice that would allow them
to torture Abu Zubaydah within seconds of death,
without fear of prosecution. The fateful decision was made
at the beginning of the interrogation to videotape the sessions
thank you for your time." There's that word again, time. As it turned out,
the CIA was so grateful for Mitchell and Jessen's time that the agency paid
the psychologists $1,800 a day to go back to Thailand
to interrogate Abu Zubaydah. While they weren't interrogators they were armed
with one important weapon... a decision
from the Department of Justice that would allow them
to torture Abu Zubaydah within seconds of death,
without fear of prosecution. The fateful decision was made
at the beginning of the interrogation to videotape the sessions
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But when it comes to interrogation,
thank you for your time."
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There's that word again, time.
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As it turned out,
the CIA was so grateful
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for Mitchell and Jessen's time
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that the agency paid
the psychologists $1,800 a day
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to go back to Thailand
to interrogate Abu Zubaydah.
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While they weren't interrogators
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they were armed
with one important weapon...
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a decision
from the Department of Justice
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that would allow them
to torture Abu Zubaydah
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within seconds of death,
without fear of prosecution.
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The fateful decision was made
at the beginning of the interrogation
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to videotape the sessions.
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Movie Summary
Follows the story of Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's program, later identified as torture by those outside the agency.
