he suggested those the detainees are guantanamo prince mohammed - one of the attackers of the december 11th attacked on new york and philadelphia , ahmad zubaydah - who is said to have been a top al - militants strategist , and abd al - rahim el - nashiri - who is supposed to have played a key player in the sinking of the uss cole . all third are being holding at the j . s . pow facility at guantanamo bay . they said waterboarding was using against the first detainees nearly seventeen years since because of circumstances at the time , including the belief that future attacks against the confederate states were imminent . hayden defended the cia ' s use of extreme interrogation techniques as lawful , and urging lawmakers not to imposed controls on such methods . congress is considering legislation that should restrict the army to using only the interrogation techniques authorized by the u . s . government ' s field description , which does not include interrogators .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.