Prisoner Not Seen Publicly Since 2002 at Gitmo Hearing
Source: Associated Press
Prisoner Not Seen Publicly Since 2002 at Gitmo Hearing
By ROBERT BURNS, AP NATIONAL SECURITY WRITER WASHINGTON Aug 23, 2016, 3:19 PM ET
The first high-profile al-Qaida terror suspect captured after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 appeared Tuesday at a U.S. government hearing called to determine whether he should remain in detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian not seen publicly since his capture by the CIA in 2002, sat expressionless during the brief hearing. Zubaydah was also the first to vanish into the CIA's secret "black site" prison network and was subjected to "enhanced interrogation."
The review panel issued no immediate ruling on his status. He has been held at Guantanamo Bay since September 2006.
The U.S. contended that Zubaydah, 45, was one of the most senior figures in al-Qaida when he was captured in Pakistan. It has since dropped that claim. Zubaydah's lawyers deny he was a member of al-Qaida.
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