Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Admitted mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks allowed by CIA to design vacuum cleaner in prison | Fox News

Admitted mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks allowed by CIA to design vacuum cleaner in prison | Fox News: "Mohammed had endured the most brutal of the CIA's harsh interrogation methods and had confessed to a career of atrocities. But the agency had no long-term plan for him. Someday, he might prove useful again. Perhaps, he'd even stand trial one day.

And for that, he'd need to be sane."

"the CIA may be in possession of the world's most highly classified vacuum cleaner blueprints"

"By the CIA's own account, the program's methods were "designed to psychologically 'dislocate'" people. But once interrogations stopped, the agency had to try to undo the psychological damage inflicted on the detainees."

"Any type of prolonged isolation in custody — much less the settings described in the press — have been known to have a severe impact on the mental condition of the detainee"

"Agency officers and contractors forced him to stay awake for 180 hours, according to a CIA inspector general's report. He also underwent 183 instances of waterboarding, or simulated drowning."

"The prison had a debriefing room, where Mohammed, who saw himself as something of a professor, held "office hours," as he told CIA officers. While chained to the floor, Mohammed would lecture the CIA officers on his path to jihad, his childhood and family. Tea and cookies were served."

"For security reasons, after a prisoner finished a book, they tediously checked every page to ensure detainees weren't passing messages.
They once caught detainees trying to hide a message in a book warning one another not to talk about Osama bin Laden's courier. The courier would later lead the CIA to bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, where U.S. Navy SEALs killed him in 2011."

"It sounds ridiculous, but answering this question, or confirming or denying the very existence of a vacuum cleaner design, a Swiffer design, or even a design for a better hand towel would apparently expose the U.S. government and its citizens to exceptionally grave danger"

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