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In the confinement box
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The Forever Prisoner

In the confinement box and put in stress positions and walled

in the confinement box and put in stress positions and walled

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in the confinement box
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and put in stress positions
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and walled.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:28:49
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.
If he wasn't in a smaller box or in a coffin-shaped box - The Forever Prisoner 00:11
If he wasn't in a smaller box or in a coffin-shaped box
He was put in these boxes, not much wider than his shoulders - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
He was put in these boxes, not much wider than his shoulders
And he was just left there, 260-something hours - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
And he was just left there, 260-something hours
That's not in the cables, but his drawings capture that. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
That's not in the cables, but his drawings capture that...
Most people misunderstand or they don't understand - The Forever Prisoner 00:09
Most people misunderstand or they don't understand
So what you did was you put 'em in a situation - The Forever Prisoner 00:12
So what you did was you put 'em in a situation
And yet they had never applied these techniques - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
And yet they had never applied these techniques
And the initial legal opinion approved everything - The Forever Prisoner 00:12
And the initial legal opinion approved everything
The Justice Department said you could waterboard - The Forever Prisoner 00:11
The Justice Department said you could waterboard
It was clear to me that... that was too much water - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
It was clear to me that... that was too much water
So what we did was we cut back to pours that were eight seconds. - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
So what we did was we cut back to pours that were eight seco...
And then there were two pours that were 20 seconds - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
And then there were two pours that were 20 seconds
We know now that he was waterboarded 83 times - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
We know now that he was waterboarded 83 times
And what the waterboarding is, right, sometimes you'll see it described - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
And what the waterboarding is, right, sometimes you'll ...
You're strapped to a board, your legs, your chest, your arms - The Forever Prisoner 00:09
You're strapped to a board, your legs, your chest, your...
Then they wrap your face in something to obstruct breathing - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
Then they wrap your face in something to obstruct breathing
And then they pour water up your nose and down your throat. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
And then they pour water up your nose and down your throat.
And the "art" of this particular torture is to know - The Forever Prisoner 00:11
And the "art" of this particular torture is to kno...
And at just that instant, when you have just given up - The Forever Prisoner 00:11
And at just that instant, when you have just given up
And just as you take the first breath - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
And just as you take the first breath