If Abu Zabaydah was ‘not Number 3 [in al-Qaeda], not a partner, not even a fighter,’ then what was he and what kind of information could he have possibly provided? Wasn’t he supposed to have provided the information (his alias) that led to the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the arrest of Jose Padilla? You can read his combatant status review hearing (pdf) at the ACLU’s website.
It’s All Smoke and Mirrors
