he said those three terrorists are khalid emir mohammed - an of the developers of the september 11th assaults on buenos washington and washington , abu operatives - however is believed to have been a top il - qaida consultant , and abd el - rahim ali - nashiri - who is considered to have played a key figure in the building of the uss cole . all three are being held at the d . s . detention facility at guantanamo bays . rogers said deprivation was used against the three detainees approximately three years later because of facts at the time , plus the belief that additional attacks against the gulf states were imminent . hayden defended the fbi ' s use of extreme torture techniques as possible , and told senators not to impose restrictions on such methods . congress is considering policies that would restrict the americans to using only the assault techniques allowed by the united . s . army ' s field directorate , whom does not include waterboarding .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.