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Ali H. Soufan
Born
in Lebanon
January 01, 1971
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“Churchill once remarked that “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on,” and”
― The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
― The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
“As the Saudi king demonstrated with the “devil’s box,” and as Sun Tzu taught in The Art of War, understanding your opponents, and using that knowledge to undermine them, is the key to ultimate victory.”
― The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
― The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
“One public defender of the techniques was a CIA official named John Kiriakou, who stated on national television that Abu Zubaydah was uncooperative until he was waterboarded for thirty-five seconds. Kiriakou said he witnessed this himself. “It was like flipping a switch,” Kiriakou said; after that, Abu Zubaydah spilled everything. Later Kiriakou admitted that he had given false information, and we learned that Abu Zubaydah had been waterboarded eighty-three times—and that no new valuable information was gained from him. (Today Kiriakou works as a staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.)”
― The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
― The Black Banners: 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda
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