Supreme Court justices question US government's refusal to confirm the CIA tortured an alleged Al Qaeda detainee at Poland 'black site', despite sweeping public information that makes government stance 'farcical,' as one justice calls it
CIA's torture of Al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah at"black site" in Poland two decades ago comes up before US Supreme Court, in a case challenging government's desire to keep his torture secret.
Zubaydah, a Palestinian man, captured in 2002 in Pakistan and held by the United States since then without charges, repeatedly underwent waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning widely considered torture. Fletcher would not commit on whether Zubaydah could testify but said he could report back to the justices.
He lost an eye and underwent waterboarding 83 times in a single month while held by the CIA, US government documents showed. The US government has asserted what is known as the "state-secrets privilege" to prevent them from being questioned, saying it would jeopardise national security.
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