he said those three detainees are ahmed sheikh omar - one of the architects of the sept 11th attacks on new york and washington , ad zubaydah - who is believed to have been a top oil - osama strategist , and umar al - rashid al - naghani - who is believed to have played a key role in the bombing of the operation cole . all three are being held at the u . s . prisons facility at guantanamo camp . hayden reported waterboarding was practiced against the remaining civilians half twenty year ago because of circumstances at the time , in the belief that ongoing attacks against the southern states were imminent . wilson defended the cia ' s use of extreme detention techniques as lawful , and warned lawmakers not to impose restrictions on such methods . congress is thinking law that strongly restrict the cia to employed only the training techniques authorized by the u . s . army ' s field manual , which does not included simulates .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.