he said those three men are muhammad dh mohammed - one of the architects of the september 11th attacks on new york and washington , abu zawahri - who is rumored to have been a high oil - qaida advisors , and abd l - abdur al - nashiri - but is believed to have played a key role in the bombing of the uss cole . all they are being held at the u . s . detention facility at guantanamo captive . his said interrogation was used against the same detainees nearly five decades ago because of scenarios at the time , including the belief that additional bombings against the american states were imminent . hayden defended the agency ' s usage of extreme detention devices as lawful , and begged parliament not to apply restrictions on such methods . congressman is debating legislation that would permit the cia to using only the interrogation tactics authorized by the us . s . army ' s fields training , which does not include waterboarding .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.