"Abu Zubaydah is often cited in the vast library of books written about the 9/11 attacks and their legacy, from self-justifying C.I.A. memoirs to angry critiques of the Bush administration," writes Robert Worth. "Yet he remains a mysterious figure, because -- amazingly -- he is still being held incommunicado, in deference to a promise made by the Bush administration to the C.I.A. in 2002.
Although he has never been charged with a crime, he sits in a cell in the American prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, his body and mind permanently scarred."
