“In February 2008, the Bush Administration announced its intention to bring capital murder charges against six detainees it said were linked to the September 11 attacks, including [mastermind] Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. …Notably missing from the list of the accused were [al Qaeda operations chief] Abu Zubayda and [al Qaeda operative] Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the two detainees whose waterboarding sessions had been videotaped by the CIA. The CIA’s destruction of the videotapes, which was under criminal investigation…clearly jeopardized any future prosecution of these two figures, whom the administration had previously described as key Al Qaeda leaders.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 333