{"id":4208,"date":"2007-12-11T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T17:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2017-11-10T23:08:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T05:08:36","slug":"ex-cia-agent-waterboarding-oked-at-top-will-testify-about-destroyed-interrogation-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/ex-cia-agent-waterboarding-oked-at-top-will-testify-about-destroyed-interrogation-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CIA Agent: Waterboarding OK&#8217;ed at Top, Will Testify About Destroyed Interrogation Tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/hayden051806-04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/hayden051806-04.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><a class=\"wire_author\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\">PAMELA HESS<\/a>, AP<\/p>\n<p>The CIA&#8217;s waterboarding of a top al-Qaida figure was approved at the top levels of the U.S. government, a former CIA agent said Tuesday as agency director Gen. Michael Hayden prepared for questioning by congressional panels about the destruction of videotapes of terror suspect interrogations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former agent, waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah got him to talk in less than 35 seconds. The technique, which critics say is torture, probably disrupted &#8220;dozens&#8221; of planned al-Qaida attacks, said John Kiriakou, a leader of the team that captured Zubaydah, a major al-Qaida figure.<\/p>\n<p>Kiriakou did not explain how he knew who approved the interrogation technique but said such approval comes from top officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t something done willy nilly. This isn&#8217;t something where an agency officer just wakes up in the morning and decides he&#8217;s going to carry out an enhanced technique on a prisoner,&#8221; he said Tuesday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show. &#8220;This was a policy made at the White House, with concurrence from the National Security Council and Justice Department.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAMELA HESS, AP The CIA&#8217;s waterboarding of a top al-Qaida figure was approved at the top levels of the U.S. government, a former CIA agent said Tuesday as agency director Gen. Michael Hayden prepared for questioning by congressional panels about the destruction of videotapes of terror suspect interrogations. 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