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May 29, 2009

Report: Cables Indicate Doctor Role in Zubaydah Torture
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The investigative website Pro Publica is reporting a team of doctors may
have been involved in monitoring the torture of suspected al-Qaeda
operative Abu Zubaydah in August 2002. Secret CIA cables contain several
“medical updates” on Zubaydah’s interrogation, where he was waterboarded
at least eighty-three times. The updates contain detailed information
that suggests doctors actively monitored the waterboarding in what would
be a violation of medical ethics.



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