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The Forever Prisoner

"If we didn't keep waterboarding Abu Zubaydah and another attack happened to the United...

"If we didn't keep waterboarding Abu Zubaydah and another attack happened to the United States, it would be 'Your fault.'" Is that, to your knowledge, true?

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"If we didn't keep waterboarding
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Abu Zubaydah
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and another attack happened
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to the United States, it would be
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'Your fault.'"
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Is that, to your knowledge, true?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:35:45
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.
I don't know what mid-level officials - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
I don't know what mid-level officials
Did you direct - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
Did you direct
There came a point - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
There came a point
"We don't think it's necessary - The Forever Prisoner 00:10
"We don't think it's necessary
CIA Headquarters declined, so the detention site personnel - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
CIA Headquarters declined, so the detention site personnel
And the purpose of that tape was to depict the absolute - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
And the purpose of that tape was to depict the absolute
To make it very visceral - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
To make it very visceral
We agree. Stop torturing Abu Zubaydah." - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
We agree. Stop torturing Abu Zubaydah."
They can't quite see the quality of how bad it is with this tape. - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
They can't quite see the quality of how bad it is with ...
They couldn't believe that anyone could view - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
They couldn't believe that anyone could view
In Washington, psychologist Terry DeMay - The Forever Prisoner 00:42
In Washington, psychologist Terry DeMay
And we waterboarded him one last time - The Forever Prisoner 00:08
And we waterboarded him one last time
We concur that he probably doesn't know anything - The Forever Prisoner 00:15
We concur that he probably doesn't know anything
Nothing bad was gonna happen to him. And it was a pretty touching moment. - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
Nothing bad was gonna happen to him. And it was a pretty tou...
The CIA cables from Thailand struck a very different note. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
The CIA cables from Thailand struck a very different note.
The detention site never said that Abu Zubaydah had information. - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
The detention site never said that Abu Zubaydah had informat...
In fact, Mitchell and others say the program was a success - The Forever Prisoner 00:11
In fact, Mitchell and others say the program was a success
There was one other success. - The Forever Prisoner 00:30
There was one other success.
And the cable recommends using the same techniques - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
And the cable recommends using the same techniques
Mitchell denies writing the cable but the techniques he devised - The Forever Prisoner 00:47
Mitchell denies writing the cable but the techniques he devi...