Title: The convenient terrorist
Description: "The Convenient Terrorist is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first "high-value target" captured by the CIA after 9/11. But was Abu Zubaydah, who is still being indefinitely held by the United States under shadowy circumstances, the blue-ribbon capture that the Bush White House claimed he was? Authors John Kiriakou, who led the capture of Zubaydah, and Joseph Hickman, who took custody of him at Guantanamo, draw a far more complex and intriguing portrait of the al-Qaeda "mastermind" who became a symbol of torture and the "dark side" of US security. From a one-time American collaborator to a poster boy for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah became a "convenient terrorist"--A way for US authorities to sell their "War on Terror" to the American people."--
Subjects: Prisoners of war, United States, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, Government policy, Torture, Detention of unlawful combatants, Military interrogation, Intelligence service, Abuse of, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, Evaluation, War on terrorism, 2001-2009, United states, politics and government, 2009-2017, Terrorism, poltical aspects
Places: United States
People: Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Muḥammad Ḥusayn ʻAbd al-Majīd