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In the interrogators, chris mackey, the senior interrogator at bagram air base and in kandahar, where al qaeda and taliban prisoners were first detained and. More than 3, 000 prisoners in the war on terrorism have been captured, held, and interrogated in afghanistan alone. Inside the secret war against al qaeda mackey, chris, miller, greg on. Mar 20, 2018 the harsh interrogations of alqaeda detainees. An unstable and nucleararmed pakistan, a renewed al qaeda profiting from a booming opium trade, and a taliban resurgence and reconquest. After accompanying ray to a group therapy session, adrienne is attacked by a pair of rapists, but she is saved by. More than 3,000 prisoners in the war on terrorism have been captured, held, and interrogated in afghanistan alone. Offers practical advice and warnings on how to run a joint interrogation center in the field as well as on many of t he challenges posed by the prisoners, visitors. Inside the secret war against al qaeda greg miller, author, chris mackey, author, chris mackey, joint author. Thirteen recently declassified cables reveal interrogators attempts to turn detainees into collaborators in the war against al qaeda.
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