The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program

Six months after 9/11, CIA and FBI agents captured Abu Zubaydah. Believing Abu Zubaydah had been trained to resist interrogation, the agents were authorized to use enhanced techniques, including water boarding - violating international rules. Based on four years of intensive reporting around the world, on multiple interviews with key protagonists, and on thousands of previously classified documents recently released by FOIA requests, this is a powerful chronicle of a shocking government initiative that continues to influence policy to this day, and remains an existential threat to the CIA.