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- 1 2 3 James Risen (2016-10-12). "After Torture, Ex-Detainee Is Still Captive of 'The Darkness'". New York Times . Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Retrieved 2016-10-12.
Mr. Salim was one of 39 men subjected to some of the C.I.A.'s most brutal techniques — beatings, hanging in chains, sleep deprivation and water dousing, which creates a sensation of drowning, even though interrogators had been denied permission to use that last tactic on him, according to a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the agency's classified interrogation program.
- 1 2 Harriet Alexander (2016-04-23). "Former CIA detainees to sue American contractors who designed torture programme". New York City: The Telegraph (UK) . Retrieved 2016-10-12.
Mr Salim, who is now back home in Tanzania, said he was held for five years and tortured. "You can't sleep, you can't eat, you can't smell," he told The Guardian. "Flashbacks come anytime, so much they make you crazy."
- ↑ Desmond Butler (2003-06-14). "5-Year Hunt Fails to Net Qaeda Suspect in Africa". New York Times . Retrieved 2016-10-12.
The man, who Kenyan officials say was wanted for involvement in the embassy bombings and is now in American custody, is Suleiman Abdalla Salim Hemed, known as Issa. Said to be a Yemeni in his mid-20s, Mr. Hemed is one of a number of suspected Qaeda members whose faces appear on illustrated playing cards being distributed by the American agents in Somalia.
- ↑ "Kenya Hands Over Al Qaeda Suspect to U.S. Officials: Authorities in Nairobi say he took part in the 1998 bombings of American embassies". Los Angeles Times . Nairobi, Kenya. 2003-03-27. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Jenna (October 13, 2015). "Former U.S. Detainees Sue Psychologists Responsible For CIA Torture Program". Intercept. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ↑ Fink, Sheri (29 July 2017). "2 Psychologists in C.I.A. Interrogations Can Face Trial, Judge Rules". The New York Times . p. A18. Retrieved 29 July 2017.