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There was one other success. Toward the end of the torture when the new team
from Washington was watching Abu Zubaydah said
he made up a number of plots and admitted that, yes he really was the number three
in Al-Qaeda. He knew it was false,
the CIA knew it was false but his confession confirmed
that CIA's techniques could get him to say anything
to make the torture stop. They finally get permission
to stop torturing Abu Zubaydah and they call the program a success
from Washington was watching Abu Zubaydah said
he made up a number of plots and admitted that, yes he really was the number three
in Al-Qaeda. He knew it was false,
the CIA knew it was false but his confession confirmed
that CIA's techniques could get him to say anything
to make the torture stop. They finally get permission
to stop torturing Abu Zubaydah and they call the program a success
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There was one other success.
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Toward the end of the torture
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when the new team
from Washington was watching
00:00:06.064 --> 00:00:09.036
Abu Zubaydah said
he made up a number of plots
00:00:09.056 --> 00:00:10.008
and admitted that, yes
00:00:10.088 --> 00:00:13.999
he really was the number three
in Al-Qaeda.
00:00:13.032 --> 00:00:16.056
He knew it was false,
the CIA knew it was false
00:00:16.008 --> 00:00:20.012
but his confession confirmed
that CIA's techniques
00:00:20.002 --> 00:00:22.096
could get him to say anything
to make the torture stop.
00:00:25.004 --> 00:00:28.052
They finally get permission
to stop torturing Abu Zubaydah
00:00:28.006 --> 00:00:30.048
and they call the program a success.
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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.
