Tag: Abu Zubaydah
The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t
The capture, torture, and propaganda use of Abu Zubaydah is the perfect example of the U.S. government’s unique combination of willful law-breaking, ass-covering memo-writing, and “strategic incompetence.”
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