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FBI Probes Terror Cases Muddied by CIA

Data culled by torture may be tossed out of court, feds fear

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(Newser) – The FBI is probing Guantanamo Bay cases that the CIA has muddied by using torture, the Los Angeles Times reports. Up to 300 FBI agents are now interviewing Al Qaeda chiefs, including mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, seeking data that's admissable in court. Says one expert, "I think there's no surprise that they have to call in the FBI to clean up the mess left by the CIA secret detention program."

The CIA denies torturing suspects, despite FBI accounts of "techniques that we didn't even want to be in the room for." The CIA does admit that "enhanced" techniques won more information, but critics fear that a jury won't consider it credible. "They have put themselves in a very bad situation here," says an ex-FBI agent. "They have to redo everything."

(UNDATED PHOTO) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
(UNDATED PHOTO) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed   (Getty Images)
Jade Lai holds a sign as she listens to speakers at a rally protesting the American Psychological Association participating in military interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Psychologists will consider a measure banning members of their profession from working with interrogators at U.S. military...
Jade Lai holds a sign as she listens to speakers at a rally protesting the American Psychological Association participating in military interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in San Francisco, Friday, Aug....   (Associated Press)
Ted Hexter, dressed as a prisoner, listens to speakers at a rally protesting the American Psychological Association participating in military interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Psychologists will consider a measure banning members of their profession from working with interrogators at U.S. military detention...
Ted Hexter, dressed as a prisoner, listens to speakers at a rally protesting the American Psychological Association participating in military interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in San Francisco, Friday,...   (Associated Press)
A detainee walks into his cell at the detention compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. The U.S. military is reviewing its decision to classify hundreds of Guantanamo Bay inmates as
A detainee walks into his cell at the detention compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. The U.S. military is reviewing its decision to classify hundreds of Guantanamo...   (Associated Press)
A detainee is moved by military guards at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba in this May 1, 2007 file photo. Critics have long complained that military panels at Guantanamo Bay recommend continued detention of inmates based on little evidence. Documents obtained by The Associated Press may...
A detainee is moved by military guards at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba in this May 1, 2007 file photo. Critics have long complained that military panels at Guantanamo Bay recommend...   (Associated Press)
(FILES) In this 24 April 2007 file photo, a Joint Task Force...
(FILES) In this 24 April 2007 file photo, a Joint Task Force...   (Getty Images)
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