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The Forever Prisoner

Within seven hours,around 6.00pm that night Abu Zubaydah is waterboardedfor the first time

Within seven hours,
around 6.00pm that night Abu Zubaydah is waterboarded
for the first time

Full Transcript

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Within seven hours, around 6.00pm that night
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Abu Zubaydah is waterboarded for the first time.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:21
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.
He's in isolation for 47 days, within six hours, he's waterboarded. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
He's in isolation for 47 days, within six hours, he...
And for 17 days, Abu Zubaydah is tortured non-stop. - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
And for 17 days, Abu Zubaydah is tortured non-stop.
I was reading through the cables from Abu Zubaydah's interrogation. - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
I was reading through the cables from Abu Zubaydah's in...
This is a cable regarding - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
This is a cable regarding
And it goes through a number - The Forever Prisoner 00:05
And it goes through a number
And it describes the confinement box, and in paragraph nine - The Forever Prisoner 00:13
And it describes the confinement box, and in paragraph nine
When you read that kind of thing - The Forever Prisoner 00:09
When you read that kind of thing
Because I'm reading these cables - The Forever Prisoner 00:07
Because I'm reading these cables
In the confinement box - The Forever Prisoner 00:06
In the confinement box
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...