C.I.A. Secretly Held Qaeda Suspect Under Bush Harsh Interrogation Orders

Intel officials have acknowledged that the CIA secretly detained suspected terrorist Muhammad Rahim for at least 6 months last summer "as part of a program in which C.I.A. officers have been authorized by President Bush to use harsh interrogation techniques." The CIA emptied its prisons in 2006 by shipping 14 prisoners to Guantanamo Bay but the administration reserved the right to use such prisons again.