In his pre-9/11 diaries Abu Zubaydah distanced himselffrom Bin Laden while he railed...
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In his pre-9/11 diaries Abu Zubaydah distanced himself
from Bin Laden while he railed against America
for its support of Israel he objected to way that Bin Laden
was willing to kill innocents. Still, he operated
as a kind of travel agent for all kinds of jihadis
including Al-Qaeda foot soldiers. That confused the CIA. Field agents identified him
as an independent but analysts in Washington
were determined to believe that he was the number three or four
in Al-Qaeda. It appears that they thought
he was a central character from whom they could extract
all manner of intelligence on Al-Qaeda for the one hand
and more importantly for intelligence
on what was coming next
from Bin Laden while he railed against America
for its support of Israel he objected to way that Bin Laden
was willing to kill innocents. Still, he operated
as a kind of travel agent for all kinds of jihadis
including Al-Qaeda foot soldiers. That confused the CIA. Field agents identified him
as an independent but analysts in Washington
were determined to believe that he was the number three or four
in Al-Qaeda. It appears that they thought
he was a central character from whom they could extract
all manner of intelligence on Al-Qaeda for the one hand
and more importantly for intelligence
on what was coming next
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In his pre-9/11 diaries
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Abu Zubaydah distanced himself
from Bin Laden
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while he railed against America
for its support of Israel
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he objected to way that Bin Laden
was willing to kill innocents.
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Still, he operated
as a kind of travel agent
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for all kinds of jihadis
including Al-Qaeda foot soldiers.
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That confused the CIA.
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Field agents identified him
as an independent
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but analysts in Washington
were determined to believe
00:00:26.032 --> 00:00:28.072
that he was the number three or four
in Al-Qaeda.
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It appears that they thought
he was a central character
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from whom they could extract
all manner of intelligence
00:00:36.072 --> 00:00:40.002
on Al-Qaeda for the one hand
and more importantly
00:00:40.028 --> 00:00:42.056
for intelligence
on what was coming next.
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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.
