C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists (Published 2020)
Nine years after the C.I.A. blacked out parts of Ali Soufan’s book, the agency has finally allowed a more complete version of his story to be published.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/us/politics/ali-soufan-memoir-cia-torture.html
According to the book, the accidental act of showing Mr. Zubaydah a wrong photograph while asking about someone else helped Mr. Soufan uncover a crucial fact: Mr. Mohammed was the planner of the Sept. 11 attacks. Three years later, in 2005, the C.I.A. misled the Justice Department into believing that big break followed its use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” when seeking renewed legal blessing for its torture program.