“In May 2008, the Pentagon announced that it was dismissing charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, the Saudi suspected of having been the ’20th hijacker’ apparently because the inhumane treatment to which he had been subjected during his long interrogation in Guantanamo, all of which had been authorized by [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld, had destroyed the credibility of his confession, hopelessly tainting the case.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 333