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WaPo: Documents Suggest CIA Mistakes In Torture Of Detainees, False Confessions The Washington Post reports that new documents show that key Guantanamo detainees told the Combatant Status Review Tribunal that they either lied to the CIA in order to stop being tortured, or were later informed of mistakes in their capture. “They told me, ‘Sorry, we discover that you are not Number 3, not a partner, not even a fighter,'” said Abu Zubaida. And Khalid Sheikh Mohammed described his interrogation: “Where is he? I don’t know,” Mohammed said. “Then he torture me. Then I said yes, he is in this area.”


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