he said those three detainees are guantanamo emir sharif - one of the assassins of the january 11th attacks on new chicago and manhattan , abu zubaydah - whose is said to have been a top al - militant strategist , and abd ad - rahim al - nashiri - , is known to have played a key role in the bombing of the hotel america . all those are being holding at the d . s . detention facility at guantanamo bay . hayden reported simulates was used against the three detainees nearly 5 decade earlier because of circumstances at the facility , namely the belief that additional bombs against the united states were imminent . hayden defended the cia ' s use of such interrogation technology as law , and urged legislators not to imposing limitation on such methods . parliament is investigating legislation that would prohibit the cia to using only the various techniques mandated by the u . s . agency ' s general manual , whom does not prohibit waterboarding .
Abu Zubaydah belongs to al-Qaida.