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The first target of this program was a Palestinian named Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA believed was a senior Al-Qaeda operative. After capturing him in Pakistan in March 2002, the CIA transported Zubaydah to a clandestine facility in Thailand—Detention Site Green—where they employed “novel interrogation methods,” meaning they utilized torture. The CIA made efforts to ensure that Zubaydah and others like him remained entirely isolated from the outside world, obtaining assurances from Washington that he would be kept incommunicado for life.