waterboard it was a palestinian man known as abu zubaydah he's never been charged with a crime but remained indefinitely in guantanamo he was the finest known cia prison had to undergo and haunted interrogation and even lost an eye while being tortured during his time as a by to have attempted to illustrate his experiences just a warning you may find some of the following images distressing. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously. they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose in my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there's absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous an

american lives outweighed temporary discomfort of terrorists the former guantanamo bay prisoner abu zubaydah has 1st hand experience of the interrogation techniques designed by mitchell and he has spoken in detail about what happened. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously. they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . and. the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guards. are from this let's cross live to war activist sara flounders sara thanks for being with us here on our team international. so during his actual testimony james mitchell defended his actions saying that he was countering the threat of an imminent

mitchell also reportedly waterboarded abu zubaydah at a secret cia black site in thailand.arlier this month, protesters marked the 18th anniversary of guantanamo by donning orange jumpsuits and lining up in front of the white housese. they later held a mock funeral at trump international hotel for those who died at the u.s. prison in guantanamo. for more, we're going back to legal director of the , center for constitutional rights. you have the torture and the men he tortured. >> at least in that way, this is a kind of soft form of accountability because the fundamental level, mitchell and his partner jessen have not faced real accountability for the work crimes they generated. in another soft form of accountability was a civil lawsuit brought by victims of his program, and a lawsuit brought by the aclu that resulted in undisclosed damages. it is interesting we are talking about these two trials together. military commissions and the senate trial. they are innocence both show trials. the military commissions process was generated instead of a traditional article three crimi