CIA tapes show 9/11 suspects in secret prisons

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The CIA has videotapes, after all, of interrogations in a secret overseas prison of admitted 9/11 suspected plotter Ramzi Binalshibh.
Discovered in a box under a desk at the CIA, the tapes could reveal how foreign governments aided the United States in holding and interrogating suspects.
And they could complicate U.S. efforts to prosecute Binalshibh, who has been described as one of the “key plot facilitators” in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Apparently the tapes do not show harsh treatment — unlike videos the agency destroyed of the questioning of other suspected terrorists.
The two videotapes and one audiotape depict Binalshibh’s interrogation sessions in 2002 at a Moroccan-run facility the CIA used near Rabat, several current and former U.S. officials said.
If the tapes surfaced at Binalshibh’s trial, they could highlight Morocco’s role in a counterterrorism program known as Greystone, which authorized the CIA to hold terrorists in secret prisons and shuttle them to other countries.
The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the government to provide more information about the tapes as part of a long-running lawsuit involving the treatment of detainees.
More significantly to the 38-year-old terror suspect’s defense, the tapes also could provide evidence of Binalshibh’s mental state within the first months of his capture.
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The CIA has videotapes, after all, of interrogations in a secret overseas prison of admitted 9/11 suspected plotter Ramzi Binalshibh.

Probably wise to keep terrorists in undisclosed locations when one considers how willing the are to die.

Reminds me of a scene from a Fish Called Wanda

Otto West : Look, you obviously don't know anything about intelligence work, lady. It's an X-K-Red-27 technique.

Wendy : My father was in the Secret Service, Mr. Manfredjinsinjin, and I know perfectly well that you don't keep the general public informed when you are "debriefing KGB defectors in a safe house."

Otto West : You don't, huh?

Wendy :Not unless you're congenitally insane or irretrievably stupid, no.
 
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Evidence of mental state?

The CIA has videotapes, after all, of interrogations in a secret overseas prison of admitted 9/11 suspected plotter Ramzi Binalshibh.
Discovered in a box under a desk at the CIA, the tapes could reveal how foreign governments aided the United States in holding and interrogating suspects.
And they could complicate U.S. efforts to prosecute Binalshibh, who has been described as one of the ?key plot facilitators? in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Apparently the tapes do not show harsh treatment ? unlike videos the agency destroyed of the questioning of other suspected terrorists.
The two videotapes and one audiotape depict Binalshibh?s interrogation sessions in 2002 at a Moroccan-run facility the CIA used near Rabat, several current and former U.S. officials said.
If the tapes surfaced at Binalshibh?s trial, they could highlight Morocco?s role in a counterterrorism program known as Greystone, which authorized the CIA to hold terrorists in secret prisons and shuttle them to other countries.
The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the government to provide more information about the tapes as part of a long-running lawsuit involving the treatment of detainees.
More significantly to the 38-year-old terror suspect?s defense, the tapes also could provide evidence of Binalshibh?s mental state within the first months of his capture.
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As if video evidence is necessary here. He was under interrogation for one of the most hideous crimes in history. I bet I could make an educated guess as to his mental state without those tapes.
 
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If the tapes surfaced at Binalshibh’s trial, they could highlight Morocco’s role in a counterterrorism program known as Greystone, which authorized the CIA to hold terrorists in secret prisons and shuttle them to other countries.

This been a major concern a a generality. Evidence of the cooperation of others presented in court puts lives at risk because it exposes operatives and operations. Further, secret intelligence from foreign sources is offered in court those foreign sources are going to be much less likely to share with us in the future.

The problem for many in the ACLU or AG Holder several years ago is theiur inability or refusal to recognize the distinction between intelligence gathering for national security (which this is) and criminal law enforcement. The rules are not the same. Not by a long shot. That many lawyers don't accept this is troubling. That many to perhaps most Americans don't isn't surprising. It is a fairly narrow point. However, after nine years of counter-terror programs you'd think some journalist might have thought it interesting to write a piece on the distinction between thge two.
 
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