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The Forever Prisoner

I knew with my experience that the CIA would be directed be given legal authorities that...

I knew with my experience that the CIA would be directed be given legal authorities that it had never had

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I knew with my experience
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that the CIA would be directed
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be given legal authorities
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that it had never had.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:17
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
Jigsaw Productions,HBO Documentary Films

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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.
So, I was trying to think of every conceivable - The Forever Prisoner 00:13
So, I was trying to think of every conceivable
I remember that morning - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
I remember that morning
I saw my fellow employees walking, many running, to their cars. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
I saw my fellow employees walking, many running, to their ca...
So, I thought to myself - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
So, I thought to myself
So, I closed the door to my office - The Forever Prisoner 00:14
So, I closed the door to my office
There was quite clear with the threat like Al-Qaeda - The Forever Prisoner 00:10
There was quite clear with the threat like Al-Qaeda
So, people started looking around - The Forever Prisoner 00:08
So, people started looking around
The best we could do was 12 or 13 - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
The best we could do was 12 or 13
I came to the Senate from spending - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
I came to the Senate from spending
And I think the CIA truly believed, Tenet particularly - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
And I think the CIA truly believed, Tenet particularly
After all, they never passed information - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
After all, they never passed information
They wanted to be - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
They wanted to be
Notwithstanding the fact that they weren't prepared - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
Notwithstanding the fact that they weren't prepared
But six days after 9/11 - The Forever Prisoner 00:14
But six days after 9/11
"Capture and detain senior Al-Qaeda officials." - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
"Capture and detain senior Al-Qaeda officials."
But of course, prior to 9/11 - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
But of course, prior to 9/11
They would sometimes question people - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
They would sometimes question people
But we had never operated a system where we would do the capturing - The Forever Prisoner 00:08
But we had never operated a system where we would do the cap...
So, again, this was tabula rasa for us, at that point. - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
So, again, this was tabula rasa for us, at that point.
It was decided the CIA would be responsible - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
It was decided the CIA would be responsible