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The Forever Prisoner

It would make the CIA look bad and it would, actually in my view, you know almost destroy...

It would make the CIA look bad and it would, actually in my view, you know almost destroy the clandestine service because of it

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It would make the CIA look bad
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and it would, actually
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in my view, you know
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almost destroy the clandestine
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service because of it.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:41:30
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.
Did you have anything to do with the destruction of those videotapes? - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
Did you have anything to do with the destruction of those vi...
- No. - Did you have any conversations - The Forever Prisoner 00:08
- No. - Did you have any conversations
I forget what he's called - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
I forget what he's called
Because I thought they were ugly and they would, you know - The Forever Prisoner 00:12
Because I thought they were ugly and they would, you know
When I learned that - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
When I learned that
But I was told, "Oh, your lawyers had signed off on this." - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
But I was told, "Oh, your lawyers had signed off on thi...
But the final approval authority on the actual directive - The Forever Prisoner 00:12
But the final approval authority on the actual directive
Mr. Rodriguez's chief of staff was Gina Haspel - The Forever Prisoner 00:32
Mr. Rodriguez's chief of staff was Gina Haspel
The best evidence of what happened is the video. - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
The best evidence of what happened is the video.
So the destruction of the tapes was an egregious abuse. - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
So the destruction of the tapes was an egregious abuse.
You could never capture what took place - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
You could never capture what took place
We have a dialogue about Abu Ghraib because pictures exist. - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
We have a dialogue about Abu Ghraib because pictures exist.
So we asked him to draw what was done to him - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
So we asked him to draw what was done to him
By the end of that year - The Forever Prisoner 00:10
By the end of that year
The Senate Intelligence Committee had been looking - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
The Senate Intelligence Committee had been looking
So they call the CIA and demand - The Forever Prisoner 00:09
So they call the CIA and demand
I am very delighted to come down and lay out the facts as we know them - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
I am very delighted to come down and lay out the facts as we...
In fact, the CIA has very detailed - The Forever Prisoner 00:09
In fact, the CIA has very detailed
There are written records. And he says if the committee - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
There are written records. And he says if the committee
The committee finally acquires those heavily-redacted cables - The Forever Prisoner 00:13
The committee finally acquires those heavily-redacted cables