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CIA turned Guantánamo Bay inmates into double agents, ex-officials claim
Source: Associated Press
CIA turned Guantánamo Bay inmates into double agents, ex-officials claim
Associated Press in Washington
theguardian.com, Tuesday 26 November 2013 12.28 GMT
In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned some Guantánamo Bay prisoners into double agents then sent them home to help the US kill terrorists, current and former US officials said.
The CIA promised the prisoners freedom, safety for their families, and millions of dollars from secret accounts.
It was a risky gamble. Officials knew there was a chance that some prisoners might quickly spurn their deal and kill Americans. For the CIA, that was an acceptable risk in a dangerous business. For the American public, which was never told, the programme was one of the many secret trade-offs the government made on its behalf. At the same time the government used the fear of terrorism to justify jailing people indefinitely, it was releasing dangerous people to work for the CIA.
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Some of the men who passed through Penny Lane helped the CIA find and kill many top al-Qaida operatives, current and former US officials said. Others stopped providing useful information and the CIA lost touch with them.
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Associated Press in Washington
theguardian.com, Tuesday 26 November 2013 12.28 GMT
In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned some Guantánamo Bay prisoners into double agents then sent them home to help the US kill terrorists, current and former US officials said.
The CIA promised the prisoners freedom, safety for their families, and millions of dollars from secret accounts.
It was a risky gamble. Officials knew there was a chance that some prisoners might quickly spurn their deal and kill Americans. For the CIA, that was an acceptable risk in a dangerous business. For the American public, which was never told, the programme was one of the many secret trade-offs the government made on its behalf. At the same time the government used the fear of terrorism to justify jailing people indefinitely, it was releasing dangerous people to work for the CIA.
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Some of the men who passed through Penny Lane helped the CIA find and kill many top al-Qaida operatives, current and former US officials said. Others stopped providing useful information and the CIA lost touch with them.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/26/cia-guantanamo-bay-double-agents
