Federal court in San Francisco describes treatment of Abu Zubaydah while in CIA custody after September 11 as 'torture'
FILE - This undated file photo provided by US Central Command, shows Abu Zubaydah, date and location unknown.
Joseph Margulies, a Cornell University law professor who represented Zubaydah for more than a decade, said the ruling was a milestone. The Palestinian man was wounded and captured in Pakistan in 2002 by US agents, who labeled him a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative. He was shuttled between secret CIA sites around the world for the next four years before winding up at Guantanamo Bay.
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