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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Top CIA officials enforced waterboarding policy AFP - Saturday, April 18 WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The first use of waterboarding and other harsh treatment against suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah was ordered by senior Central Intelligence Agency officials over objections from his interrogators, The New York Times reported Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT Citing unnamed former intelligence officials and a footnote in a newly released legal memorandum, the newspaper said the harsh interrogation techniques had been ordered despite the belief of interrogators that the prisoner had already told them all he knew. Former president George W. Bush had publicly described Zubaidah, who was captured in 2002, as Al-Qaeda's chief of operations while other top officials called him a "trusted associate" of Osama bin Laden and a major figure in the planning of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The especially brutal interrogation tactics against Zubaydah, including confining him in boxes and slamming him against the wall, was ordered by officials at CIA headquarters based on a highly inflated assessment of his importance, the paper said. According to The Times, Zubaydah provided much valuable information under less severe treatment, and the harsher handling produced no breakthroughs. Instead, watching his torment caused great distress to his captors, the paper said. Even for those who believed that brutal treatment could produce results, one of the officials is quoted as saying, "seeing these depths of human misery and degradation has a traumatic effect." Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports the CIA's first step was to limit Zubaidah's human contact to just two people -- a CIA interrogator and a psychologist. The psychologist who apparently played the more critical role, according to the report. The newly released Justice Department documents indicate the psychologist provided ideas, practical advice and even legal justification for interrogation methods that would break Zubaidah physically and mentally, The Post noted. Extreme sleep deprivation, waterboarding, the use of insects to provoke fear -- all were deemed acceptable, in part because the psychologist said so, the Post report said. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: War On Terror Top CIA officials enforced waterboarding policyAFP - Saturday, April 18 Bailed cleric calls for Islamic order in PakistanAFP - Saturday, April 18 Battle in Chechnya as security restrictions endReuters - Friday, April 17 Waterboarding, boxes and bugs used on suspectsAP - Friday, April 17 Related Articles: World London police face new G20 protest claimAFP - 14 minutes ago Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help governmentAP - 15 minutes ago Report: MA woman tried before to kill unborn childAP - 28 minutes ago Charges dropped against 1 in Pa. immigrant deathAP - 30 minutes ago Former Bank of England governor Eddie George diesAP - 30 minutes ago Related Full Coverage War On Terror Global fight against terrorism All Full Coverage Most Popular – World Viewed Mummies found in ancient Egypt burial chamber 'Dracula bandit' gets 20-yr jail sentence Police nab Norwegian pair during high-speed sex Nokia reports 90% drop in net profit French warship detains pirates, US urges action View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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