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The CIA is tasked with stopping the next attack
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The Forever Prisoner

The CIA is tasked with stoppingthe next attack

The CIA is tasked with stopping
the next attack

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The CIA is tasked with stopping the next attack.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:14:59
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
Jigsaw Productions,HBO Documentary Films

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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.
Abu Zubaydah has been providing intelligence up until this point. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
Abu Zubaydah has been providing intelligence up until this p...
And yet they leave him, the only high-value detainee. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
And yet they leave him, the only high-value detainee.
During that period - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
During that period
One analyst says, "I wanna learn more about an individual - The Forever Prisoner 00:12
One analyst says, "I wanna learn more about an individu...
Nearly a decade later, we finally obtain - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
Nearly a decade later, we finally obtain
And it's through a man named Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti. - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
And it's through a man named Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.
So this lost opportunity to ask Abu Zubaydah in July of 2002 - The Forever Prisoner 00:14
So this lost opportunity to ask Abu Zubaydah in July of 2002
Abu Zubaydah's isolation was not about Abu Zubaydah. - The Forever Prisoner 00:04
Abu Zubaydah's isolation was not about Abu Zubaydah.
We want it on paper that you will not prosecute us - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
We want it on paper that you will not prosecute us
In the very beginning, in late 2001, there were people in the agency - The Forever Prisoner 00:24
In the very beginning, in late 2001, there were people in th...
And, in fact, they reach out to Department of Justice - The Forever Prisoner 00:16
And, in fact, they reach out to Department of Justice
The initial reaction, not just the Justice Department lawyers - The Forever Prisoner 00:10
The initial reaction, not just the Justice Department lawyer...
What is this stuff? I mean, you know - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
What is this stuff? I mean, you know
None of the lawyers assembled there said, "You guys are crazy. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
None of the lawyers assembled there said, "You guys are...
This administration is never going to do something like that. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
This administration is never going to do something like that...
This is immoral, this is illegal. End of story." None of them did that. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
This is immoral, this is illegal. End of story." None o...
There's the one that comes in and says - The Forever Prisoner 00:11
There's the one that comes in and says
At least six of those, second type, in the administration. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
At least six of those, second type, in the administration.
But the real Machiavelli in the whole thing - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
But the real Machiavelli in the whole thing
Dick Cheney's go-to man for everything of a legal nature. - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
Dick Cheney's go-to man for everything of a legal natur...