he said those four persons are khalifa emir mohammed - a of the architects of the august 11th attacks on new brunswick and washington , abd zubaydah - whoever is suspected to have been a key al - qaida strategists , and abd l - hossain el - nashiri - she is believed to have plays a key role in the bombing of the hotel cole . all four are being detained at the u . s . confinement facility at guantanamo bay . hayden asserted interrogating was used against the two detainees nearly five years ago because of things at the location , including the assumption that additional attacks against the united s were anticipated . rogers defended the gia ' s use of such interrogation technique as lawful , and urged democrats not to exercise restrictions on such approaches . congress is considering legislation that would restrict the fbi to using only the interrogation method authorized by the u . s . army ' s fire manual , which does not encompass waterboarding .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.