After Torturing Prisoners, "Albert" Rejoins the CIA as a Contractor

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Source: ACLU

ACLU
September 8, 2010

It's safe to say that many employers might frown upon a potential hire who violated domestic and international law.

Not so at the CIA. The Associated Press reported yesterday that a former CIA agent known as "Albert," who was previously disciplined for torturing detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, has once again found gainful employment with the CIA, this time as a contractor.

Al-Nashiri is accused of planning the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole, and is one of three detainees in CIA custody who were repeatedly waterboarded. But thanks to "Albert," a more novel act of torture was inflicted upon al-Nashiri.

Last June, during our Document-a-Day Torture Awareness Month initiative, Larry Siems, author of The Torture Report, pointed to a passage in the CIA inspector general's May 2004 report on the agency's Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program. This passage describes the "gun and drill" incident, wherein al-Nashiri was threatened with execution in a secret CIA prison in Poland:

Read more: http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/after-torturing-prisoners-albert-rejoins-cia-contractor

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