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This 9/11 suspect and ‘torture prop’ has spent 20 years in Guantánamo. Is he nearing a deal with the US?

Ammar al-Baluchi was a human experiment for interrogators learning brutal techniques. Now prosecutors have proposed a plea bargain

The Guardian - US

Washington Steps Up Efforts to Close Guantanamo

US President Joe Biden’s administration is revamping its efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by appointing a senior diplomat to oversee detainee transfers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The new special representative, Tina Kaidanow, a State Department official, has been chosen to review the case files of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Disgusting’ plea deal could be in works for 9/11 mastermind in Guantanamo Bay

A possible plea deal with five remaining al-Qaida terrorists locked up in Guantanamo Bay has some in the 9/11 community reeling just as the anniversary of the terror attack marked its 21st year.

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‘Tremendous blemish’: No trial decades after Sept 11 attacks

Relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims have long hoped a trial would bring closure and resolve unanswered questions.

Al Jazeera

CIA ‘queen of torture’ from Zero Dark Thirty is now an online beauty influencer

Alfreda Scheuer, played by Jessica Chastain in 2012 movie, has given herself career makeover to help ‘midlife women’, writes Justin Vallejo.

The Independent UK

Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison

WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him…

Bangkok Post

Exclusive-Ex-CIA analyst says she ‘got bloodied’ in tangled U.S. war on Al Qaeda

In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.

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Accused 9/11 plotters reportedly in talks over deal to avoid death penalty trial

New York Times reports talks under way for plea agreement that could bring an end to one of biggest criminal cases in US history

The Guardian - US

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