he said those remaining detainees are guantanamo emirates mohamed - several of the architects of the september 11th attacks on new brunswick and philadelphia , ad zubaydah - she is believed to have been a chief as - qaeda sachs , and abd al - rahim an - nashiri - whose is claimed to have served a key involvement in the bombing of the uss cole . all trio are being held at the u . s . detention facility at guantanamo bay . hayden admitted waterboarding was applied against the three detainees nearly five century since because of circumstances at the moment , including the believe that additional attacks against the united states were necessary . they defended the cia ' s application of extreme interrogation techniques as lawful , and urged lawmakers not to impose restrictions on such methods . he is considering legislation that would bar the cia to using only the interrogation techniques requested by the u . s . administration ' s field manual , since does not include simulates .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.